Every time you browse using your web browser, the browser collects and stores certain information of the websites that you visit, such as the file structure, certain elements that can be cached locally for faster loading of the website, cookies which control the way you log in, log out and stay logged in to a website and much more, etc. This information continues to add up over time as you visit more and more websites and tend to slow down your computer after a significant amount of time. In order to keep your system optimized, you need to frequently clean up browser’s cache, cookies, and history from its settings page. In this guide, we will show you how to clean up your browser’s cache, cookies, and history in a step-by-step tutorial format. Please follow carefully so that you do not accidentally delete any sensitive or important information during the cleanup process.

How to clean up browser’s cache, cookies, and history:

For mobile browsers:

Here, we will show you how to clean up your browser’s cache, cookies, and history from your mobile device’s browsers.

Google Chrome for Android

1. Open Chrome web browser.
2. Tap on the Chrome menu and go to
3. Tap Advanced > Privacy.
4. From the Time Range option, select All Time.
5. Tick Cookies and Site Data and Cached Images and Files to clear them too.
6. Tap Clear data.
7. To finish the cleanup operation, restart the Google Chrome browser for Android.

Android classic browser

1. Go to Settings > Apps or Application Manager.
2. Swipe down to find the option All
3. In this list of installed apps, select your web browser. Then, tap Clear Data and then Clear Cache.
4. Exit the browser windows and restart the web browser to finish the clean-up process.

Safari for iOS

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Safari.
3. Tap Clear History and Website Data and confirm to clear.
4. Restart the browser window to finish the clean-up process.

Chrome for iOS

1. Open Google Chrome on your iOS device.
2. Tap on the menu toolbar located in the bottom right corner of the screen.
3. Go to Settings > Privacy.
4. Select Cookies, Site Data, and Cached Images and Files. At the top, select the range of time and set it to All-Time to clear everything from the browser.
5. Tap Clear Browsing Data located at the bottom of the screen.
6. Confirm again by clicking Clear Browsing Data.
7. Restart the web browser to finish the cleanup process.

For laptops and desktops

Here, we will show you how to clear cache, cookies, and history on browsers that are meant for computers, desktops and laptops.

Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome web browser.
2. Go to the Tools menu (it is indicated by three dotted lines in the upper-right corner of the screen.
3. Select
4. Select Clear Browsing Data from the left-hand side of the screen. Select the Time Range and set it to All Time. Tick Cookies and other site data and cached images and files and select Clear Data.
5. Restart the web browser for the changes to take place and finish the cleanup process.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox web browser.
2. Click on the Tools
3. Click on Options / Preferences on Mac computer.
4. Select Privacy & Security on the left side of the menu.
5. Under the Cookies and Site Data option, click the Clear Data
6. Select Cookies and Site Data and Cached Web Content from the options and hit
7. Restart Mozilla Firefox web browser for the cleanup process to complete.

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the Tools
2. Click Privacy, search, and services that are located on the left-side menu.
3. Go to the section Clear browsing data and click Choose what to clear.
4. Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.
5. Click Clear Now.
6. Close Microsoft Edge and restart it for the changes to take place.

Safari for macOS

1. Open Safari.
2. Click on Safari from the top menu bar. Then go to
3. Go to the Privacy tab.
4. Click Manage Website Data.
5. Click Remove All and then Remove Now.
6. Go to the menu of Safari on the top menu bar.
7. Click Quit to close Safari and to save your changes.