{"title":"How to Clear Cache in Chrome","canonicalUrl":"https://www.showmestepbystep.com/tech/how-to-clear-cache-in-chrome","category":{"slug":"tech","name":"Tech"},"creator":{"name":"ProgrammingKnowledge2","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aFE06Cti9OnQcKpl6rDvQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb6Jtpx4TyI"},"tldr":"Clear your Chrome cache in under a minute. Step-by-step on desktop and mobile, what each option clears, plus the Ctrl+Shift+Delete keyboard shortcut.","totalDurationSeconds":322,"difficulty":"easy","tools":[],"materials":[],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Open Chrome's Menu","text":"With Chrome open, click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the window - just to the right of your profile icon. That opens Chrome's main menu.If you can't find them, the three dots are sometimes called the 'kebab menu'. Same thing."},{"number":2,"title":"Go to More Tools > Clear Browsing Data","text":"In the menu that opened, hover over 'More tools' to expand its submenu. Inside, click 'Clear browsing data...'.A dialog titled 'Clear browsing data' will open in the center of your window."},{"number":3,"title":"Set Time Range to 'All Time'","text":"In the dialog, make sure you're on the 'Basic' tab (not 'Advanced'). Click the 'Time range' dropdown and choose 'All time'. Anything shorter leaves older cached files in place.Chrome will show the size of the cache right underneath the checkboxes - often a few hundred megabytes, which tells you why websites have been feeling sluggish."},{"number":4,"title":"Pick What to Clear","text":"You'll see three checkboxes: Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, and Cached images and files.For cache issues, uncheck 'Browsing history' and 'Cookies and other site data'. Leave only 'Cached images and files' checked. Clearing cookies logs you out of every site you're signed into - don't do it by accident."},{"number":5,"title":"Click Clear Data","text":"Click the blue 'Clear data' button in the bottom-right corner of the dialog. Chrome takes a few seconds to empty the cache, and the dialog closes on its own when it's done.That's it. Reload the misbehaving website and it should work normally now."},{"number":6,"title":"Faster Next Time: Ctrl+Shift+Delete","text":"Now that you know the menu route, skip it next time. Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete on Windows or Linux, or Cmd+Shift+Delete on Mac. The Clear browsing data dialog opens immediately, from anywhere in Chrome.Same options, same buttons - just one keystroke instead of four clicks."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T17:21:43.992Z","published":"2026-04-24T21:50:46.712Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}