{"id":24210,"date":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-do-i-clear-my-desktop-browser-cache\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:54:53","slug":"how-do-i-clear-my-desktop-browser-cache","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/how-do-i-clear-my-desktop-browser-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I clear my Desktop browser cache ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-identifyelement=\"465\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\" data-identifyelement=\"466\">This article provides you with information on how to clear your browser cache.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Before you begin<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clearing your web browser&#8217;s cache, cookies, and history may remove data such as the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Saved passwords<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Address bar predictions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Shopping cart contents, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">While you should clear your web browser&#8217;s cache, cookies, and history periodically in order to prevent or resolve performance problems, you may wish to record some of your saved information first. If you are unable to do so, see Troubleshooting alternatives below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">For details about browser cache, cookies, and history, see:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Web cache<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">HTTP cookie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Web browsing history<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"panel panel-info\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #bce8f1; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 1px; max-width: 100%; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 15px; border-bottom: 1px solid #bce8f1; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; color: #31708f; border-top-color: #bce8f1; border-right-color: #bce8f1; border-left-color: #bce8f1; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Notes:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px; max-width: 100%;\">\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">For desktop browsers, to quickly open menus used to clear your cache, cookies, and history, ensure that the browser is open and selected, and press <code style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; border-radius: 4px; padding: 2px 4px; font-size: 14.4px; color: #c7254e; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Ctrl-Shift-Delete<\/code> (Windows) or <code style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; border-radius: 4px; padding: 2px 4px; font-size: 14.4px; color: #c7254e; margin-bottom: 1em;\">Command-Shift-Delete<\/code> (Mac). If this doesn&#8217;t work, follow the appropriate instructions below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If the instructions below don&#8217;t exactly match what you see, you may need to update your web browser to the latest version.<\/span>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.42857em; font-size: 1em; color: #181818;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you don&#8217;t see instructions below for your specific version or browser, search your browser&#8217;s <span class=\"menuitem\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 2px 4px; color: #333333; font-size: 14.4px;\">Help<\/span> menu for &#8220;clear cache&#8221;. If you&#8217;re unsure what browser version you&#8217;re using, from the <span class=\"menuitem\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 2px 4px; color: #333333; font-size: 14.4px;\">Help<\/span> menu or your browser&#8217;s menu, select <span class=\"menuitem\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 2px 4px; color: #333333; font-size: 14.4px;\">About [browser name]<\/span>. In <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Internet Explorer<\/span> and Firefox, if you don&#8217;t see the menu bar, press <code style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; border-radius: 4px; padding: 2px 4px; font-size: 14.4px; color: #c7254e;\">Alt<\/code>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 2.25em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"467\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-identifyelement=\"468\">Desktop browsers<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"469\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Chrome Browser cache<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"471\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 1em;\" data-identifyelement=\"472\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In the browser bar, enter:<\/span>\n<pre class=\"example\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; overflow: auto; font-family: Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; border-radius: 4px; display: block; padding: 9.5px; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.42857; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #cccccc; white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-identifyelement=\"474\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> chrome:\/\/settings\/clearBrowserData<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"476\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">At the top of the &#8220;Clear browsing data&#8221; window, click Advanced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"477\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Select the following:<\/span>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"478\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"479\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Browsing history<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"480\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Download history<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"481\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Cookies and other site data<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"482\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Cached images and files<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"483\">\n<p data-identifyelement=\"484\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">From the &#8220;Time range&#8221; drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select All time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"485\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click CLEAR DATA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"486\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Exit\/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"487\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Firefox Browser cache<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"489\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"490\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">From the History menu, select Clear Recent History.<\/span>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"491\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"492\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"493\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Next to &#8220;Details&#8221;, click the down arrow to choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"494\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click Clear Now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"495\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Exit\/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"496\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"499\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Microsoft Edge Browser cache<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"501\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"502\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In the top right, click the Hub icon (looks like star with three horizontal lines).<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"503\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click the History icon (looks like a clock), and then select Clear all history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"504\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Select Browsing history, then Cookies and saved website data, and then Cached data and files. Click Clear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"505\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">After the &#8220;All Clear!&#8221; message appears, exit\/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"506\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"508\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Internet Explorer 11 Browser cache<\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 100%; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"510\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-info\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #bce8f1; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 1px; max-width: 100%;\" data-identifyelement=\"511\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 15px; border-bottom: 1px solid #bce8f1; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; color: #31708f; background-color: #d9edf7; border-top-color: #bce8f1; border-right-color: #bce8f1; border-left-color: #bce8f1; max-width: 100%;\" data-identifyelement=\"512\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\" data-identifyelement=\"514\">Note:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px; max-width: 100%;\" data-identifyelement=\"515\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">On January 12, 2016, <a class=\"new-window\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px transparent; color: #804180; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/WindowsForBusiness\/End-of-IE-support\" data-identifyelement=\"517\">Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer versions prior to version 11\u00a0<\/a>. UITS strongly recommends that you upgrade to a new operating system if your current system does not support Internet Explorer 11. If you experience difficulty with Internet Explorer, make sure compatibility mode is turned off.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"518\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"519\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Select Tools &gt; Safety &gt; Delete browsing history&#8230;.<\/span>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"520\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"521\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Deselect Preserve Favorites website data, and select:<\/span>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"522\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Temporary Internet files or Temporary Internet files and website files<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"524\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Cookies or Cookies and website data<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"525\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">History<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"526\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click Delete. You will see a confirmation at the bottom of the window when the process is complete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"527\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Exit\/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"528\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"530\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Opera Browser cache\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"532\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"533\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">From the Opera menu, select Settings, then Privacy &amp; Security, and then Clear browsing data&#8230;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"534\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In the dialog box that opens, from the &#8220;Obliterate the following items from:&#8221; drop-down menu, select The beginning of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"535\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Select the following:<\/span>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"536\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"537\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Browsing history<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"538\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Download history<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"539\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Cookies and other site data<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"540\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Cached images and files<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"541\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click Clear browsing data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"542\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Exit\/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"543\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; color: #181818; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.25em; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.025em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"545\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Clear Safari 8 and later browser cache<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.5em; list-style-position: outside; color: #181818; font-family: BentonSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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