How to Clear Cache for One Site in Chrome (and Stay Logged In Everywhere Else)

You only need to clear cache for one site in Chrome when one site is broken, and that is most of the time. A shop's checkout loops back to the cart. A work dashboard shows last week's numbers. A web app refuses to load after an update.

Chrome's big "Delete browsing data" button fixes that, but it also signs you out of every other site you use. This guide shows four ways to clear one site's cache and cookies and leave the rest of your browser alone.

The short answer#

• Address bar: site information icon, then Cookies and site data, then Manage on-device site data, then the trash icon.
• Settings: paste chrome://settings/content/all, search the site, click Delete data.
• DevTools: Application, then Storage, untick what you want to keep, click Clear site data. The only built-in way to keep cookies.
• Extension: a one-site cleaner clears and reloads in one click, with a cache-only mode that keeps you signed in.

Why clear only one site?#

Because the other sites are fine. When you clear everything:

• You are signed out of mail, banking, work tools and shops, often with two-factor codes waiting on the other side.
• Every site's first visit is slower while Chrome rebuilds its cache.
• Site permissions you granted, such as camera access or notifications, can go with the cookies.

Clearing one site avoids all three. It also makes the fix easier to trust: if the site works after clearing just its data, you know the problem was that site's data and nothing else.

Cache, cookies or both? Pick before you clear#

Clear the smallest thing that could work. If clearing cache fixes it, you never had to sign out. Our guides to the website login loop and to Chrome showing an old version of a site go deeper on each symptom.

Method 1: The address bar (fastest built-in way)#

1. Open the site that is misbehaving.
2. Click the View site information icon on the left side of the address bar.
3. Click Cookies and site data.
4. Click Manage on-device site data.
5. Click the trash icon next to each entry for the site, then Done.
6. Reload the page.

You will often see more than one entry, such as example.com and cdn.example.com. Delete the ones belonging to the site you are fixing. Leave unrelated third-party entries alone unless you know they matter.

What this clears: cookies and stored site data for the entries you delete. What it costs: you are signed out of that site.

Method 2: Chrome Settings (search any site)#

This is useful when the site will not even load, so you cannot reach its address bar icon.

1. Paste chrome://settings/content/all into the address bar and press Enter. This is the View permissions and data stored across sites page.
2. Type the site's name into the search box.
3. Click the site, then Delete data, and confirm.

The same page lists how much each site has stored. If one site is sitting on hundreds of megabytes, that is a strong hint where the problem lives.

Method 3: DevTools (the only built-in way to keep cookies)#

Chrome's two methods above always delete cookies. DevTools lets you choose.

1. Open the site and press F12, or Command+Option+I on a Mac.
2. Go to the Application panel. If you do not see it, click the >> arrow in the tab row.
3. Click Storage in the left column.
4. Untick Cookies if you want to stay signed in. Leave Cache storage, Local and session storage, IndexedDB and Service workers ticked.
5. Click Clear site data, then reload with Ctrl+Shift+R (Command+Shift+R on Mac).

This is the most precise built-in method and the one most developers use. It is also the least friendly for everyone else. Our DevTools clear site data guide explains each checkbox.

Method 4: A one-site cleaner extension#

If you clear a single site more than now and then, two things about the built-in methods get old fast: the clicks, and not knowing what was removed.

We built Cleaner for that. It is a free Chrome extension that works on whatever site you are on:

• It shows what the site stored before you clear it: cookies, storage size and saved keys.
• Fix broken page clears that site's cache and service workers and keeps your cookies, so you stay signed in.
• Sign out & reset clears cookies, cache and site storage for a login problem.
• Full reset clears every data type for the site, as if you were visiting for the first time.
• It reloads the page and shows a receipt such as "Removed 34 cookies + 12.3 MB".
• Alt+Shift+D cleans the current site without opening the popup.

It counts cookies but never reads them, has no servers and sends nothing anywhere. Mail, bank and work tabs stay signed in.

Clear one site's cache on Android and iPhone#

Android: open the site, tap the icon to the left of the address, then Cookies and site data or Site settings, and clear its data. You can also go to Settings, then Site settings, then All sites, pick the site and clear its storage.

iPhone and iPad: Chrome on iOS has far fewer per-site controls than the desktop version. If you cannot find one for the site, use Delete browsing data with a short time range, such as the last hour, or open the site in an Incognito tab to load it with no stored data.

When clearing one site is not enough#

If the site is still broken after a full per-site clear, the problem is probably not your data. Check these next:

• Try an Incognito window. If the site fails there too, the problem is on the site's side, or your network.
• Turn off extensions one at a time. Ad blockers and privacy tools can break sign-in pages.
• Check the login domain. Many sites sign you in through a separate domain. Clear that one as well.
• Check your clock. A wrong system date can break secure connections and sessions.

For everything else, our pillar guide on how to clear cache in Chrome covers the full-browser options.

The one-site habit#

Next time a single site breaks, resist the big button. Clear that site, starting with cache only, and move to cookies only if the problem is about signing in. It takes less than a minute, and every other tab stays exactly as you left it.