How to clear cookies, cache and history in chrome?

The controls to clear your Cookies, Browsing history, cache and other data in Chrome are all stored in the same screen. To get to these controls and choose what you want to clear, follow these instructions.

“These screenshots are taken in Chrome on Windows but the process is identical on Mac and Linux computers.”

1.Click the Chrome menu button

Click the button that looks like “three dots” in the top right corner of the Chrome window.The location of the Customize and Control menu button

A menu will be displayed when you click the “three dots” button.

2.Hover your mouse on the “More tools” menu item

The button that opens the main Chrome menu

A sub-menu will appear containing more tools you can use. One of those tools is the “Clear browsing data…” option.

3.Click “Clear browsing data…”

In the sub-menu which has appeared, click Clear browsing data…

The button that opens the main Chrome menu

4.Choose what to clear

You are now presented with a choice of what to clear from Chrome.

Click the various checkboxes on the left of the window to select or deselect the items in the list of what to clear.

Basic or Advanced

If you just want the standard or basic options, then you can check or uncheck the three options you are given on the

Basic screen:

Browsing history

Cookies and other site data

Cached images and files

Basic

The button that opens the main Chrome menu
Those three options are usually the ones you most regularly want to clear.

However if you want to clear more types of data from your browser, you can click the Advanced tab at the top of the window.

Advanced

The button that opens the main Chrome menu

You are now presented with additional options you can check or uncheck to clear.

These options are considered “Advanced” by Chrome because whereas you might want to regularly delete your cookies or clear your cache, it’s more likely that you don’t want to regularly clear your list of Remembered Passwords or Media licenses.

Browsing history

Download history

Cookies and other site data

Cached images and files

Passwords

Autofill form data

Content settings

Hosted app data

Media licenses

Time range

Also note the Time range option which is present on both the Basic and the Advanced views.

This option gives you the power to delete your browsing data in a certain time frame.

For example, you might only want to delete your cookies and history from the Last 24 hours; leaving your older history intact. Or you might want to delete your data from All time.

5.Click the “Clear data” button

Once you have made your selection of what data you want Chrome to clear, click the “Clear data” button to clear those items.

The button that opens the main Chrome menu

Congratulations, you have now cleared your selected browsing data from your computer. You can simply close this tab and continue to use Chrome.