Clearing the Cache in Your Browser

Here at BUZ we use cookies and cache to help provide you a speedy service without affecting performance.

We also have security tokens which let you stay logged in for a period of time on trusted devices.

As useful as caching is sometimes it can get in the way. We may push an update to our users but changes aren't reflected right away due to us and the browser having cached it.

What does a browser cache do?

Every time a user loads a webpage, their browser has to download quite a lot of data in order to display that webpage. To shorten page load times, browsers cache most of the content that appears on the webpage, saving a copy of the webpage's content on the device’s hard drive. This way, the next time the user loads the page, most of the content is already stored locally and the page will load much more quickly.

Finding and Clearing the Cache in Your Browser

The very first thing you'll need to do is find where the cache settings are in your browser. With the cache, we'll just want to clear the data so recent changes we've made appear right away. This doesn't delete any important data, so don't worry.

Open

Chrome

1. Log out

2. Click the Chrome Menu button in the top right corner 

   Hover over More Tools

3. Click Developer Tools

   1. In the top menu of developer tools, click Application

      In the left side menu, click Clear storage

      Scroll to the bottom of the page and tick Cache storage and Application cache under Cache

      Press Clear site data

You can also use your keyboard to access developer tools using these shortcuts:

• Mac: Ctrl+Opt+I 

  Windows:  F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I 

Safari 

1. Click Safari > Preferences in the top menu bar

   In the Advanced tab, tick Show Develop menu in menu bar

2. In the top menu bar, you'll see a new menu named Develop

   1. Click Develop > Empty Caches

You can also empty your cache using this shortcut:

• Mac: ⌥+Cmd+E

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the Ellipses Icon in the top right

2. Click on Settings

3. Under Clear Browsing Data, click Choose what to clear

4. Untick everything except from Cached data and files

5. Click Clear