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How to Clear your Cache & Cookies

Clearing Cache, Cookies and uninstalling Ad Blockers

Updated over 4 months ago

We often find that clearing your cache and cookies fixes many technological issues that you may be experiencing on the Skiddle website.

Cookies are files created by sites you visit. They make your online experience easier by saving browsing data. The cache remembers parts of pages, like images, to help them open faster during your next visit.

Cache and cookies can also cause issues when viewing new versions of previously visited web pages. Deleting the cache and cookies data regularly helps to troubleshoot, helps to increase the loading time of web pages, loads new versions of web pages and increases the performance of your computer.

Please head to the subheading for your web browser below.


Google Chrome (This is the most compatible site/browser for the Skiddle website)

To clear your cache and cookies on Google Chrome, please follow the below instructions:

Click the Menu in the upper right. Choose "Delete Browsing Data."

The most effective setting is to clear all browsing history for All time and to clear browsing history, download history, cached images and files, and cookies. Close your browser and restart to see changes.


Safari

To clear your cache and cookies on Safari, please follow the below instructions:

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.


Microsoft Edge

To clear your cache and cookies on Microsoft Edge, please follow the below instructions:

1. Click on the Edge menu (3 dots) on the top right hand side

2. Click on Settings

3. On the left hand side, click Cookies and site permissions

4. Under the Manage and delete cookies and site data section click See all cookies and site data, where a diologue box will open

5. Click Remove all and a new dialogue box will open

6. Click on Clear and wait for that dialogue box to exit

7. Close all open Edge instances and therefore all tabs


Firefox

To clear your cache and cookies on Firefox, please follow the below instructions:

  1. Select the menu drop-down in the right upper hand corner select Preferences.

  2. Go to the Privacy & Security tab and click Clear Data under the Cookies and Site Data section.

  3. Unselect the Cookies and Site Data option then click the Clear button. Close the Preferences page.


Bing

To clear your cache and cookies on Bing, please follow the below instructions:

  1. Navigate to the Bing homepage.

  2. Click on the four horizontal lines in the top right-hand corner.

  3. Click 'search history' once in the drop-down menu.

  4. On the next page, click 'clear search history' on the right-hand side.


How to Uninstall Ad Blockers

  1. Go to the "Settings" menu (or Preferences) and click "Extensions."

  2. Find Ad Blocker in your list of extensions and deselect the checkbox next to it. This will turn-off the extension, but will not remove it.

  3. To completely uninstall, select Ad Blocker from the list and click "Uninstall."

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