How To: clear website data and specific cookies in Chrome browser.

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Last updated: Sep 28, 2023 by Support Team
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Deleting site data, such as cache and cookies, is helpful for when a site is misbehaving. However, removing all site data will sign you out of every website.

Use these steps to delete data from a site:

  1. Open a browser and go to the website, which data you want to delete.

  2. Click the menu icon in the top-right corner and then select More tools > Developer tools (or you can press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+i [Windows and Chrome] and Cmd+Option+i [macOS] to open Developer tools) (Fig.1).
    Figure 1. Opening Developer tools

  3. After the panel opens, click the “Application” tab.
    If you don’t see the option, click the “>>” icon to see any hidden tabs and then click “Application” (Fig. 2).
    Figure 2. Opening the “Application” tab.

  4. Once the tab is opened, click “Storage” and then select “Clear Site Data” (Fig. 3).
    Figure 3. Clicking “Storage” and selecting “Clear Site Data”

     

    5. If you only want to delete specific data, you can untick any options you want to keep above the “Clear Site Data” button (Fig. 4).
    Figure 4. Choosing options for clearing the site data

6. After you click “Clear Site Data,” all data stored on your computer for that site will be deleted, and you will be signed out. In order to reaccess your account, you will need to log in to the website.

Repeat this steps for any other website you want to delete the cache and cookies that are stored on your computer.

 

If you need to delete only specific cookies you can follow further steps.

Option 1.

  1. Click on the “Lock” icon on the address bar (Fig. 5)
    Fig. 5 “Lock” icon on the address bar

  2. In the drop-down menu select the option “Cookies and site data” (Fig. 6) And after that “Manage cookies and site data” (Fig. 7)
    Fig. 6 Available options in the drop-down menu

    Fig. 7 Selection of the “Manage cookies and site data” option

     

  3. To delete cookies for certain sites press the “Busket” icon in the section “From other site” (Fig. 8 )
    Fig. 8 Deletion of the cookies for a specific resource

     

Option 2.

  1. Proceed through steps 1 to 3 from the section “Use these steps to delete data from a site“

  2. In the “Storage” section click on the “Cookies” option (Fig. 9) and select a required site
    Fig. 9 Cookies tree options

     

  3. In the main central section in the upper part press “Clear all cookies” button (Fig. 10)
    Fig. 10 Location of the “Clear all cookies” button