One website keeps showing outdated content or stops working while the rest of Chrome behaves normally. On desktop and Android, you can delete that site's stored data, including cookies, without starting with a browser-wide cleanup. The methods below separate that reset from a hard reload and an offline-cache cleanup, so you know what each action removes before you click.
Clear the website's data from the address bar
Start here on a computer. This removes the selected site's stored data, including cookies, and can sign you out or remove offline work. It is not a selective wipe of Chrome's ordinary HTTP cache, which stores downloaded page files.
Open the affected website in Chrome.
Click View site information beside the address.
Choose Cookies and site data.
Open Manage on-device site data.
Click the trash button beside the intended website. Its accessible label is Delete saved data for [site]. Embedded websites can have separate entries, so check which site you are deleting.
Click Done to close the dialog, then click Reload when Chrome prompts you to reload the page.
If the website still misbehaves, find its stored-data entry through Chrome Settings using the next method.
Find a specific site in Chrome Settings
This deletes one website's stored data, including cookies, and its chosen permissions on Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS. Deleting a grouped entry also covers all sites under that domain, and the confirmation can include an installed app, so read the dialog before you confirm.
Open Chrome's More menu.
Select Settings.
Choose Privacy and security.
Open Third-party cookies.
Select See all site data and permissions.
Search for the website you want to reset.
Click its Delete icon.
Select Delete to confirm the site-data reset.
On Android, delete data for the open website
Chrome on Android phones and tablets lets you remove the current website's cookies and site data.
- 1.Visit the affected website in Chrome.
- 2.Tap Page info to the left of the address.
- 3.Open Cookies and site data.
- 4.Tap Delete beside the stored data.
- 5.Confirm the deletion if Chrome prompts you.
Refresh an outdated page without deleting cookies
For an outdated page, a hard reload fetches the current page while bypassing cached content. It keeps your site cookies and does not empty the cache.
With the affected page open on Windows or Linux, press Ctrl+Shift+R.
On a Mac, press Command+Shift+R instead.
If the hard reload does not solve the problem, use the site-data deletion method above. If the website keeps showing old offline content, use the Cache Storage cleanup below.
Clear Cache Storage for stubborn offline content
Cache Storage is a common source of a website's offline content.
It uses the Cache API and is separate from Chrome's ordinary HTTP cache. On desktop, DevTools lets you clear this storage while leaving other storage categories unselected. The cleanup targets the current origin; a website that uses several subdomains or embedded origins has separate storage to consider.
Open the affected website.
Press Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows or Linux, or Command+Option+I on macOS, to open DevTools.
Select Application.
Open Storage.
Select Cache Storage.
Deselect the other storage categories to limit the cleanup to Cache Storage.
Click Clear site data. The selected categories determine what this button removes. With only Cache Storage selected, it clears that origin's Cache API storage, not individual files in Chrome's ordinary HTTP cache.
Check the scope before clearing cache on iPhone or iPad
Chrome's iPhone and iPad cache cleanup covers a time range across websites; it has no documented single-site selector.
Open More in Chrome.
Tap Delete Browsing Data.
Set Time Range to the period you want to clear across websites.
Open Browsing Data.
Select Cached Images and Files.
Deselect the other categories you want to retain.
Tap Confirm.
Tap Delete Browsing Data.
Avoid controls that clear more than one site's cache
Empty cache and hard reload sounds specific to the page you are viewing, but it empties the cache for all sites before reloading. The separate Hard Reload action only bypasses the cache.
DevTools' Clear browser cache also clears beyond one website. Filtering the requests table to a single domain does not make that deletion site-specific.
Chrome's general Delete browsing data dialog has no one-website filter. Selecting only Cached images and files does not inherently sign you out, because cache-only deletion is different from deleting cookies. It still does not target just the website causing trouble.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Reset permissions clear a website's cache?
No. Reset permissions is separate from deleting stored data. On Android, a site's page under Settings > Site settings > All sites has a combined Delete data & reset permissions action, which you confirm with Delete & reset. Older Chrome versions may use different wording. That combined action removes cookies and offline data as well as resetting the site's permissions.
Can I delete just one resource from a website's offline cache?
Yes. In desktop DevTools, open Application > Storage. Expand Cache Storage. Select a cache. Select the resource you want to remove. Click Delete Selected. This deletes a Cache API entry, not an individual file in Chrome's ordinary HTTP disk cache.
Can a Chrome extension clear only one site's ordinary cache?
Chrome's browsingData API supports cache deletion filtered to a specific origin. An extension must actually use that origin filter; a generic clear-cache button does not establish that it targets only one site.
Why can't I access these settings on my work computer?
Managed Chrome settings can restrict access to site-data controls. Ask your organization's administrator about the restriction.
