How to Clear Chrome Cookies and Cache for One Site Only

Clearing the browser cache and cookies for faulty websites in Google Chrome often works as a charm. It can often help fix unresponsive site elements, weird anomalies, and even browser crashes. But need to delete all cached web content and go through the hassle of logging in everywhere? Well, removing all that data just for a misbehaving site sounds like an overreaction.

If an issue is limited to a single site, simply clear the cache and cookies associated with the site itself. Fortunately, Chrome offers several ways to help you do this.

The first method is quite simple and will help you clear cookies and cache of any website right away. The second method takes a bit of time, but it has uses, such as when you need to clear cached data on a bunch of related websites.

Clear Chrome Cookies and Cache for One Site Only

Chrome allows you to quickly clear cache and cookies for a single website. You can then upload the latest instance of the site and (hopefully) fix any issues you’re encountering. If you are logged into the site, you will need to log in again after clearing the cached data.

However, this method will not clear cached data across related sites or subdomains. For example, clearing cache and cookies in Gmail (mail.google.com) will not delete data in Google Photos (photos.google.com). If you want to delete data in all subdomains, move on to the next method.

Stage 1: Load the site into Google Chrome and then click on the padlock-shaped icon in the left corner of the address bar.

Note: If the site doesn’t have a secure connection to your web browser, you’ll see a ‘Not secure’ label instead of the padlock-shaped icon; click instead.

Step 2: Click Site Settings in the context menu that appears.

Stage 3: Chrome will load a new tab listing usage data and permissions for the site. Click the button labeled Clear Data under the Usage section.

Step 4: Click Clear Data in the confirmation popup. Chrome will immediately clear the site’s cache and cookies.

Refresh the website. Chrome will start loading new site data and cookies.

Note: If you have deleted the cache and cookies of a subdomain website but have not resolved any issues, you may wish to delete data from other relevant subdomains.

Alternative Method: Clear Chrome Cookies and Cache for One Site Only

If you can’t use the above method (for example, if the site causes Chrome to crash during loading), you can instead go into Chrome Settings, find the website manually, and then clear its cache and cookies. You can also use this method to clear the cached data of a subdomain or subdomain group.

start by typing chrome://settings/content/all to a Chrome address bar. Press Enter to load the list of all cached sites; if a site contains more than one subdomain, you can access them by expanding the main (root) domain.

Fly: Open the Chrome menu, click Settings > Privacy & Security > Site Settings > ‘View permissions and data stored across sites’ to go to the same screen as shown above.

Clearing Cookies and Cache on a Site or Subdomain

You can quickly delete a single website’s cookies and cache using the steps below.

Stage 1: Find the site and click it. If you want to clear the cookies and cache of a subdomain website (e.g. mail.google.com), first expand the root domain (google.com) list of the site and then select the subdomain.

Fly: Use the search bar in the upper right corner of the screen to filter sites by domain name.

Step 2: Click the button labeled Clear Data.

Stage 3: Click Clear Data again in the checkbox.

Chrome will clear data about the selected site.

Clearing Cached Data in a Subdomain Group

Sometimes you need to clear cached data on multiple related subdomain websites in Chrome to fix problems. Instead of manually deleting the cache and cookies for each subdomain, you can clear all data using the steps below.

Stage 1: Click the three-dot icon next to the main domain.

Step 2: Click Clear Data.

Stage 3: Click Clear Data again to confirm.

This should delete all cached data for the main domain and subdomains.

Cookies … Fresh Delivery

Clearing cookies and cache for a single website, subdomain, or group of related websites can quickly resolve isolated issues. As there is no surefire solution, you might have to consider deleting the entire Google Chrome cache in case of persistent issues. Also, browser extensions can wreak havoc, so this is another thing to consider when troubleshooting websites.

Next: Here are the best ways to delete problematic extensions from Google Chrome.