Clear the Cache in Microsoft Edge

Overview

This guide will walk employees through the steps necessary to clear their cache in Microsoft Edge.

Clear Microsoft Edge Cache

• On your computer, open Microsoft Edge.

• On your browser toolbar just under the "X" in the top right corner, click the 3 dots (Settings and More), then click "Settings"

• On the left hand pane, select "Privacy, search and services"

  • Settings is near the bottom of the three-dot menu, just above Help and feedback and Close Microsoft Edge. The Settings page opens in its own tab (the address bar reads edge://settings/privacy once you pick the section below) with a search box and a list of sections down the left: Profiles, Privacy, search, and services, Appearance, Sidebar, and so on. Privacy, search, and services is the second entry.

• Scroll down to "Clear browsing data" and click the "Choose what to clear" button

  • The Clear browsing data card reads "This includes history, passwords, cookies, and more. Only data from this profile will be deleted." Its first row is Clear browsing data now with the Choose what to clear button at the right-hand end; the second row, Choose what to clear every time you close the browser, is not needed here.

• From the drop down, select "All time" and click the blue "Clear now" button

  • In the Clear browsing data dialog, the Time range drop-down sits at the top — set it to All time. Beneath it, leave Browsing history, Download history, Cookies and other site data, and Cached images and files ticked, then click the blue Clear now button at the bottom left (next to Cancel).

• Close all Edge windows, then re-launch