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How to Clear Cache in Google Chrome - Micro Center
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="why-should-i-clear-the-cache-of-my-browser">Why should I clear the cache of my browser?</h2><p>Clearing the cache from Chrome can be beneficial for your computer. It can help:</p><ul><li>Protect your personal information</li><li>Your browser run more efficiently for a better online experience</li><li>With loading or formatting issues, may even load faster</li><li>Prevent you from using old auto-fill on forms</li><li>Pro-actively stop scam pop-ups from appearing</li></ul><p>Whenever you visit a website, your browser stores a temporary cached version of that webpage. This enables your computer browser to efficiently bring up this website again in case you return to it. Cached files generally contain saved data for the website as well such as text size preference, language, layout, etc. <p><br></p></p><p>However, that same cached data can sometimes enable scam pop-ups to occur on your computer and no one wants to deal with that sort of scare. In this article, we’re going to show you how to easily clear the browser cache from Google Chrome:</p><p>You can skip Steps 1-3 by pressing <strong>CTRL + Shift + DEL </strong>for PC or <strong>COMMAND + SHIFT + DEL</strong> for Mac all at the same time. If you are having issues doing this, please proceed with step one.<p><br></p></p><p>1) Click on the <strong>Three Dots (Customize and control Google Chrome)</strong> in the top right of your Google Chrome browser.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hrqldoalM29hI5HLHaM6AyZRVIyerzQcLjJ6HeweFCPyd4ImG5S52o_yBF1v-53c_B9lZnt9r8ZayPB32mq3rUHNQ5t0xHOzcZ3JjrmiqPyQXoOY4Au3Qlt1lUIEpff3J_sBBbWZ" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hrqldoalM29hI5HLHaM6AyZRVIyerzQcLjJ6HeweFCPyd4ImG5S52o_yBF1v-53c_B9lZnt9r8ZayPB32mq3rUHNQ5t0xHOzcZ3JjrmiqPyQXoOY4Au3Qlt1lUIEpff3J_sBBbWZ" alt="hrqldoalM29hI5HLHaM6AyZRVIyerzQcLjJ6HeweFCPyd4ImG5S52o_yBF1v-53c_B9lZnt9r8ZayPB32mq3rUHNQ5t0xHOzcZ3JjrmiqPyQXoOY4Au3Qlt1lUIEpff3J_sBBbWZ"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>2) Click on <strong>Settings </strong>from the drop-down list.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6lOGl4CV5u4C9QY7OnWlcz4_11HrQ4-R5HzIPurrP5FC9iBDFm7LLqGz9Tek3Cx7Qf5Ga78XvQfIcYaWto40qQhGVTCkh-_xy_jn6Ikkep3FTb1-zWAVeDvLhFT4znDVrxiM2DsY" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6lOGl4CV5u4C9QY7OnWlcz4_11HrQ4-R5HzIPurrP5FC9iBDFm7LLqGz9Tek3Cx7Qf5Ga78XvQfIcYaWto40qQhGVTCkh-_xy_jn6Ikkep3FTb1-zWAVeDvLhFT4znDVrxiM2DsY" alt="6lOGl4CV5u4C9QY7OnWlcz4_11HrQ4-R5HzIPurrP5FC9iBDFm7LLqGz9Tek3Cx7Qf5Ga78XvQfIcYaWto40qQhGVTCkh-_xy_jn6Ikkep3FTb1-zWAVeDvLhFT4znDVrxiM2DsY"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>3) Click on <strong>Clear Browsing Data.</strong></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/50-vGVLGjPficKEPr3I2a22wRbdJgQuFA3kmmxb6IlSxBYGnmUv5NQ4ensxW8LS_QM5CS4syaJP1yeBWlFyZYWDwNsuR9gA12OGAlYXUp_v-V3va3tTjbJs4c1VaWK7Oscm4PL1o" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/50-vGVLGjPficKEPr3I2a22wRbdJgQuFA3kmmxb6IlSxBYGnmUv5NQ4ensxW8LS_QM5CS4syaJP1yeBWlFyZYWDwNsuR9gA12OGAlYXUp_v-V3va3tTjbJs4c1VaWK7Oscm4PL1o" alt="50-vGVLGjPficKEPr3I2a22wRbdJgQuFA3kmmxb6IlSxBYGnmUv5NQ4ensxW8LS_QM5CS4syaJP1yeBWlFyZYWDwNsuR9gA12OGAlYXUp_v-V3va3tTjbJs4c1VaWK7Oscm4PL1o"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>4) Change the <strong>Time range</strong> to the desired time range, I recommend changing it to <strong>All time</strong>. </p><p>Deselect <strong>Browsing History</strong> and <strong>Cookies and other site data</strong> but leave <strong>Cached images and files</strong> checked. Then click <strong>Clear data</strong>. </p><p>You can leave <strong>Browsing History</strong> or <strong>Cookies and other side data</strong> checked if you would like to clear all the websites you have visited or the cookies that websites have left on your browser. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kBcI5jtRvz6lTRlwP7st4VyD4LOrtECLa2Q0pNIOLDs3qa6nb1g17IV86TJInSdY8YzzFMvCkEhjWDvMweL3tV0h0tukeVfJ2XwRp2ZpYKj7s7nLwQcCrjl_xIfiAQhcWr1_G1L4" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kBcI5jtRvz6lTRlwP7st4VyD4LOrtECLa2Q0pNIOLDs3qa6nb1g17IV86TJInSdY8YzzFMvCkEhjWDvMweL3tV0h0tukeVfJ2XwRp2ZpYKj7s7nLwQcCrjl_xIfiAQhcWr1_G1L4" alt="kBcI5jtRvz6lTRlwP7st4VyD4LOrtECLa2Q0pNIOLDs3qa6nb1g17IV86TJInSdY8YzzFMvCkEhjWDvMweL3tV0h0tukeVfJ2XwRp2ZpYKj7s7nLwQcCrjl_xIfiAQhcWr1_G1L4"/> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>5) That's it!</p> </article> </main>
