Pavel Jelic Cookies and cache are among the data that are automatically stored when browsing websites. For example, the cache is used to load the website faster if you connect to it again. After the first connection, some data is saved directly to the local storage, so it is not necessary for the browser to re-download it every time. Cookies are data in which various information about the website visitor is stored - thanks to this, it is possible to find out, for example, your gender, hobbies, favorite pages, what you search for and more.
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How to delete cookies and cache in Google Chrome on Mac
From time to time, of course, it is useful to delete this data - for example, the cache can take up a lot of space in the local storage. We have attached an article above where you can learn more about how to delete cache and cookies in Safari. Below we attach a procedure by which you can easily delete cache and cookies within Google Chrome:
- First, you need to move to the active window Google Chrome.
- Once you've done that, tap on in the top right corner three dots icon.
- This will bring up a menu in which you can click on the box Settings.
- Now you will find yourself on the next page, where you will go down a piece below to the title Privacy and security protection.
- Here, click on the first option, that is Clear browsing data.
- A small window will appear where you can choose between in two modes:
- Basic: you can delete browsing history, cookies and other website data, together with images and cached files;
- Advanced settings: everything in basic, along with download history, passwords and other login information, auto-filling of forms, site settings and data of hosted applications.
- In the individual modes, then check it select dates that you want to delete.
- Finally, select at the top time period, in which the data is to be deleted.
- Confirm everything by tapping on Clear data bottom right.
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Clearing the cache and cookies is also useful if, for example, you have a problem displaying a certain website - you can often encounter such problems, for example, on Facebook and other sites that often change their content. During the deletion itself, you can see how much space individual data takes up in your device's storage - it can be hundreds of megabytes or even units of gigabytes.
