Jul 18, 2019

How-to Clear the Cache and Cookies in Your Web Browser

Browser Maintenance

Regular maintenance on your fleet of vehicles is required to provide reliable and exemplary service to your customers. Limo Anywhere operates from within your web browser, there are maintenance actions that should be regularly performed in order for Limo Anywhere to perform at its best. Most of these maintenance tasks take only a few moments and are easily performed. No wrenches required! 
One of the most important maintenance tasks for Limo Anywhere is Clearing the Browser Cache and clearing Browser Cookies.
Cache (pronounced “cash”) is a temporary storage place inside the computer, where the browser stores the files that are downloaded when a website is visited on the internet. The purpose of the cache is to facilitate faster loading of web pages that were previously visited. Sometimes the cache repository may become full and/or hold files that may be outdated. Cache is great for most websites, but not web applications where data is frequently updated.Certain updates require for the cache to be cleared in order for the updated code to be loaded properly. Therefore, it is best to clear your browser cache regularly to ensure proper operation of Limo Anywhere as updates are released quite frequently. Although clearing your cache at least once a month should be sufficient, we may, from time to time, request that you clear your cache once an update has been released. Below are instructions on how to clear the cache in the most popular browsers.
Cookies are very small files that are sent from a website and are stored in the user’s web browser. Cookies help manage how a user accesses a website. It helps to clear these out every now and then to make sure you are accessing the website as it is intended to be accessed.

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Mozilla Firefox (for Windows)
Google Chrome (for Windows)
Opera (for Windows)
Safari (for Mac)
Mozilla Firefox (for Mac)
Google Chrome (for Mac)
iPad / iPhone Devices



For most browsers on Windows you can hit Ctrl+Shift+Delete while the browser is open and it will bring up a window to clear cookies and cache. If that does not work for you you can follow step-by-step instructions below depending on the browser you use.

Mozilla Firefox (for Windows):

  1. Click on the three bar symbol in the top right of the screen.
  2. Select Options in the Menu. (This will open a separate tab.)
  3. Select ‘Privacy‘ on the sidebar menu.
  4. Depending on your settings for History, you will either click on ‘remove individual cookies‘ or the ‘Show Cookies…‘ button.
  5. Click the ‘Remove All‘ button in the pop up window and Close.
  6. Click on ‘Advanced‘ in side bar menu.
  7. Click ‘Network‘ tab.
  8. Under ‘Cached Web Content‘ section click the Clear Now button.
  9. Once the process is completed close down the browser and restart it.

Google Chrome (for Windows):

  1. Click the three bars symbol at the top-right of the browser window.
  2. Then click ‘History‘.
  3. Another menu will open.
  4. Select ‘Settings – Clear Browsing Data.’
  5. A new tab will open.
  6. In the field labeled ‘Obliterate the following items from‘ select ‘the beginning of time‘ from the drop down list.
  7. Select ‘Cached images and files‘ and ‘Cookies and other site and plug-in data‘. Leave all other options unchecked.
  8. Click ‘Clear Browsing Data.’
  9. When the pop up window closes that cache is clear. Close down the browser and restart Chrome with a new session.

Opera (for Windows):

  1. Click the ‘Menu‘ option in the top menu.
  2. Select ‘More tools‘.
  3. Click on the ‘Clear Browsing Data‘.
  4. In the field labeled ‘Obliterate the following items from‘ select ‘the beginning of time‘ from the drop down list.
  5. Select ‘Cached images and files‘ and ‘Cookies and other site and plug-in data‘. Leave all other options unchecked.
  6. Click ‘Clear Browsing Data.’
  7. When the pop up window closes that cache is clear. Close down the browser and restart Chrome with a new session



For Chrome and Firefox on Mac you can hit Shift+Command+Delete while the browser is open and it will bring up a window to clear cookies and cache. If that does not work for you you can follow step-by-step instructions below depending on the browser you use.

Safari (for Mac):

To clear the cache only in safari, you will need to enable the develop menu.
  1. From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the ‘Advanced‘ tab.
  2. Select: ‘Show Develop menu in menu bar<>‘. Once you have done this, from the menu bar, you can click ‘Develop‘ and then ‘Empty Caches‘.

Mozilla Firefox (for Mac):

  1. Click on the three bar symbol in the top right of the screen.
  2. Select ‘Options‘ in the Menu (This will open a separate tab).
  3. Select ‘Privacy‘ on the sidebar menu.
  4. Depending on your settings for History, you will either click on ‘remove individual cookies‘ or the ‘Show Cookies…‘ button.
  5. Click the ‘Remove All‘ button in the pop up window and Close.
  6. Click on ‘Advanced‘ in side bar menu.
  7. Click ‘Network‘ tab.
  8. Under ‘Cached Web Content‘ section click the Clear Now button.
  9. Once the process is completed close down the browser and restart it.

Google Chrome (for Mac):

  1. Click the ‘Chrome‘ menu.
  2. Select ‘More tools‘.
  3. Another menu will open.
  4. Select ‘Clear Browsing Data‘.
  5. A new tab will open.
  6. In the field labeled ‘Obliterate the following items from‘ select ‘the beginning of time‘ from the drop down list.
  7. Select ‘Cached images and files‘ and ‘Cookies and other site and plug-in data‘. Leave all other options unchecked.
  8. Click ‘Clear Browsing Data‘.
  9. When the pop up window closes that cache is clear. Close down the browser and restart Chrome with a new session.

iPad / iPhone Devices:

  1. Press the ‘Settings‘ icon.
  2. Select ‘Safari‘.
  3. Press the ‘Clear History and Website Data‘.
  4. Press ‘Clear‘ on the pop up.
  5. Once the process is completed close down the browser and restart it.

NOTE: For optimal performance we recommend using either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.