Google Chrome is one of the widely used web browsers worldwide. However, much like other browsers, it too can be subject to loading or formatting issues on sites, among several other problems.

Clearing Chrome’s cache and cookies is the easiest way to resolve these problems. In this guide, we’ll show you the steps to clear Chrome’s cache and cookies on different devices.

What Does Clearing Chrome’s Cache and Cookies Do?

Before clearing Chrome’s cache and cookies, we should know what deleting them does to the browser.

• When we delete our browser’s cache and cookies, all our saved pages and website data get deleted.
• As a result, if we’re logged in to a website, we’ll be logged out of it immediately and will be required to enter our credentials again to log back in.
• Similarly, visiting a website would take a little longer than it used to albeit not in a noticeable way.
• And, any browsing issues you have with the browser slow page loading or bad content/page formatting would likely get resolved.

How to Clear Chrome’s Cache and Cookies on Mac and Windows?

Clearing Chrome cache and cookies is quite straightforward on Mac and Windows. Follow the steps below to do this.

These steps are common for all versions of macOS and Windows.

1. With Chrome open, click on the ellipsis button in the toolbar and select More Tools > Clear Browsing Data. Alternatively, you can hit the Command+Shift+Delete (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+Delete (Windows) keyboard shortcuts to directly view the Clear browsing data window in the Settings menu. Or, we can also navigate to chrome://settings/clearBrowserData to access it.

2. In the Clear browsing data prompt, check off the checkboxes next to Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.

1. Click on the dropdown menu next to Time range and choose a time range during which you would like to clear the cache and cookies.

2. Hit the Clear data button to clear Chrome’s cache and cookies on Mac and Windows.