
Using the Time range dropdown, select a period of time for which to clear the selected data, then click Clear data. The Basic tab has checkboxes for browsing history, cookies and other site data, and cached images and files, while the Advanced tab additionally includes checkboxes for passwords, autofill data, site settings, and hosted app data.

Or perhaps you simply want to protect your privacy by wiping the slate clean and removing all the data associated with websites you've visited, including any user-identifying cookies. If a site you regularly frequent has elements that have stopped working, or if a site has stopped loading completely, there may be a conflict between an older version of it that Chrome has cached and a newer one. There are a couple of situations where you might benefit from clearing Chrome's cache.

Keep reading to learn how it's done on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. In theory this should speed up your browsing experience, but there are some scenarios where you might want to clear the cache and start anew. Whenever you browse the web in Google Chrome, the browser stores website data including cookies so that it doesn't have to do so again each time you revisit a site.
