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Clear browser data

When you use your phone's browser, various data is stored temporarily in the browser memory, such as cache and cookies. If you have problems loading web pages, deleting this data may help. Follow these instructions to clear browser data.

  • 1
    Find "Privacy"
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Chrome.
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press Privacy.
  • 2
    Clear browser data
    • Press CLEAR BROWSING DATA.
    • Press Clear the cache and Clear cookies, site data.
    • When the boxes next to the menu items are ticked (V), they're selected.
    • Press Clear.
    • A copy of the web pages you've visited is saved in the cache. The next time you connect to a previously visited web page, your phone retrieves data from the cache. A cookie is data saved by a web page in the browser memory. The data can be login information or other information about the choices you've made on a web page. Cookies allow the provider to adjust the contents of the web page to your preferences.
  • 3
    Exit
    • Press the home icon to return to standby mode.