PC Browsers

Google Chrome

Go to the three-dot menu () at the upper-right of Chrome to select Settings > Advanced > Clear browsing data or History > History > Clear browsing data. Or type “chrome://settings/clearBrowserData” in the omnibar without the quotation marks. Any of those options takes you to the dialog box to delete not only the history of your browsing, but also your download history (it won’t delete the actual downloaded files), all your cookies, cached images and files (which help load pages faster when you revisit), saved passwords and more. Better yet, you can delete only the info from the last hour, day, week, month, or all of it to “the beginning of time.”

 

Opera

Under the main menu in Opera, in the navigation bar on the left, click the clock icon to enter History. You’ll see a Clear browsing data button that offers almost identical settings as Chrome, right down to the “beginning of time” option. (You can also type “opera://settings/clearBrowserData” into the address bar.) It’s similar because Opera is built with the engine from the Chromium Project, which also underlies Chrome. You only need to check the ‘cached images and files’.

 

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer

Go to the three-dot menu () in Microsoft Edge and select settings; in the fly-out menu, click the button under Clear browsing data that reads “Choose what to clear.” Check the ‘cached data and files’; then click ‘Clear’.

 

Still using Internet Explorer (IE)? You’re not alone! To wipe the history in IE11 and 10, go to the Gear icon at upper left and select Internet Options. On the General tab, you can check a box next to Delete browsing history on exit, or click the Delete button to instantly get rid of history, passwords, cookies, cached data (called Temporary Internet files and website files), and more.

Safari

On macOS, Safari rules. Clearing your cache is simple: click Clear History in the History menu. Then in the pop-up, pick a timeframe for how far back you want to erase. This is doing a lot more than clearing your cache, however—it also deletes your cookies and browser history (so you may have to sign back into other sites you were logged on to).

You can instead click History > Show History to get a pop-up displaying every site you’ve visited, then choose CarefreeCredit.co.uk individually, without losing your cookies and cache. Delete your cache by going to the Develop menu and picking Empty Caches. If you don’t have a Develop menu in Safari, go to Preferences > Advanced and check Show Develop Menu in Menu Bar at bottom.

Mozilla Firefox

In the latest version of Firefox go to the hamburger menu () and section Options > Privacy & Security. You’re instantly in the Content Blocking section; scroll down to get to History. This section also has a Clear History button. Click it to pick a time range to clear (1, 2, 4, or 24 hours—or everything), and what data to delete (tick browsing & downloads).