Network and Information Security
Security Skills
To maintain the privacy and security of your information, it is recommended that you clear your browser cache on a regular basis. The following brief guide will help you to clear the cache on various devices and browsers:
- Chrome browser: For all operating systems
- Edge browser: For Windows systems
- Firefox browser: For all operating systems
- Safari for Mac: For Mac OS
- Safari for iOS: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
- To troubleshoot issues with any site, always exit your browser completely after clearing your cache before attempting to access the site again. In Windows, close all your browser windows; in Mac OS X, quit (Command-q) your browser.
Chrome
- Click the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the browser.
- Choose Clear Browsing Data.
- Choose the time range All Time (recommended) or lesser time frame in the "Clear the Following Items From" field.
- Select all items (recommended) (e.g., Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, Cached images and files).
- Click Clear Data.
Edge
- Click the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the browser.
- Choose Settings,then choose Privacy, Search and Service.
- Under Clear Browsing Data choose what to clear.
- Select the items you wish to clear (e.g., Browsing History, Cookies and Saves Website Date, Cached Data and Files, Downloaded History and Form Data).
- Click Clear.
Firefox
- Click the menu button (usually three horizontal lines or three dots) in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Select Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the left menu bar.
- Scroll down to the "Cookies and Site Data" section and click the "Clear Data" button.
- Select "Clear cached pages and content" or "Clear both cookies and website data", confirm your selection, and click "Clear".
Safari for Mac
- Click the Safari menu, then Clear History.
- In the Clear field choose All History.
- Click Clear History.
Mobile Safari for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
To clear cache and cookies:
- From the home screen, Select Settings > Safari.
- At the bottom of Safari's settings screen, Select Clear cookies and data or Clear Cookies and Clear Cache.
- Confirm when prompted.
To clear history:
- From the home screen, tap Safari.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap the Bookmarks icon.
- In the lower left, tap Clear.
- Tap Clear History.