Clearing Cache for a Single Site

Hi all! It's been a while!

Just wanted to share a quick tip about how to clear cache on a single site.

I'll be demonstrating this in the Brave browser, but the steps should work in Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium based browsers as well as being very similar in other browsers.

Right click on the webpage having the issue and select the "Inspect" option

In the Developer Tools section that opens, select the application tab (you may need to select the ">>" option to see it)

Select the "Storage" tab, then the "Clear site data" button.

If clearing this doesn't work, check the "including third-party cookies" option, then select the "Clear site data" button again.

If that doesn't work, the site is probably have issues out of your control, but you can now consider clearing your browser's entire cache.

Why would you want to do this?

A common troubleshooting step for websites is "just clear your browsers cache". This can fix all kinds of issues on many websites and having worked a few tech support jobs I can only imagine how many times I have recommended this to users. However, clearing the browser's entire cache can be very disruptive to users as you are logged out of all your sights and your browser will have to download every piece of every website you visit. Clearing the cache for a specific website resolves this issue as only the site having issues is affected, all the other websites should stay logged in and pick up right where you left off!

Why does clearing the cache fix websites? And what is "The Cache™" anyway?

The cache consists of things your browser is storing locally to speed up web pages and save bandwidth by not having to constantly ask the website for things that don't change often. It is hard to overstate how beneficial this is to so many parts of the web, but it can get out of sync with what the website you are using expects and cause all kinds of insidious issues.