Clear Your Browser Cache Following a New SSL Certificate Being Deployed
Guide Created With: Microsoft Edge / Windows 10
Guide Created On: 18.05.2023 Version 1.0
Potential Issues:
Attention: Some settings on sites get deleted. For example, if you were signed in, you’ll need to sign in again.
Clearing your browser data can be used to help resolve an issue with a particular website, or when a cached version of a hosted service, which is accessed through a web console in a browser window is still loading.
This guide talks you through how to clear the cached data on popular web browsers Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
Chrome
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More (three-dot menu icon)
- Select Clear browsing data from the menu
- When the new window opens, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
- The only option you need to have ticked is "Cached images and files," uncheck the other boxes.
- Click Clear data.
Microsoft Edge
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Open Microsoft Edge, select Menu (3 dots icon on top right corner of the browser) > Settings > Privacy, search and services.
- Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
- Select "Cached images and files" uncheck the other boxes and then select Clear now.
What to look out for after you clear these settings
After you clear cache:
- Some settings on sites get deleted. For example, if you were signed in, you may need to sign in again.
- If you turn sync on in Chrome, you’ll stay signed into the Google Account you’re syncing to in order to delete your data across all your devices.
- Some sites can seem slower because content, like images, needs to load again.
What is a website cache?
- The cache remembers parts of pages, like images, to help them open faster during your next visit.