Clear Browsing Data in Edge Browser on Android: History, Cookies, Cache

Microsoft Edge on Android keeps a record of every site you visit, plus the cookies and cached files each one drops. When a page breaks, a login loop bites, or you want a clean slate before handing the phone to someone else, the Clear browsing data screen wipes it all in one pass.

There are also narrower wipes for just history or just cookies and cache, plus a Clear-on-exit toggle. This guide covers all of them.

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How to clear browsing data in Edge on Android

Something on your phone is misbehaving. A page loads half-broken, a login loop refuses to let go, or you want the browsing trail gone before you hand the phone to someone else. The Clear browsing data screen in Microsoft Edge for Android fixes all three, and it takes less than a minute.

Edge stores your visit history plus the cookies and cached files that every site drops on your device. One pass through this screen removes all of it, for whichever time range you choose.

1. Open Microsoft Edge on your Android phone.
2. Tap in the bottom toolbar, then choose Settings.
3. Tap Privacy and security.
4. Tap Clear browsing data.
5. Tap the Time range chip at the top and pick Last hour, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 4 weeks, or All time.
6. Tick Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, and Cached images and files. Tick any other category you also want cleared, like Site settings or Download history.
7. Tap Clear data and confirm the warning dialog.

Edge deletes the categories you ticked, and only within the time range you picked. Sign-ins, per-site language choices, and saved shopping carts disappear along with the cookies. Edge’s own saved passwords stay put unless you ticked that category too.

TIP: The time range applies to every category you tick. If you only need to fix one broken page from today, Last hour or Last 24 hours is enough. Save All time for a full reset.

If you would rather not leave a trail in the first place, InPrivate tabs never save history, cookies, or site data while you browse. Open New Tabs and InPrivate Tabs in Edge browser on Android shows how to start one.

Clear only the browsing history

Want to wipe your history without signing out of every account on the phone? Use the History page instead. It skips the full clear screen and deletes history alone, for the range you pick.

1. Open the Edge app on your phone.
2. Tap on the More  menu and select the History menu.
   
3. Tap on the Trash icon on the History page.
   It will open the Clear browsing data page.
4. Enable the checkbox for Browsing History and hit on the Clear data command button.
   The browsing history will be cleared from your Android device.

You’ll know it worked when the History list comes back empty. Your signed-in sessions on other tabs stay intact.

Clear only the cookies and cache

One site stuck in a login loop, or a page that keeps serving the broken version it cached last week? Clear cookies and cache only and leave everything else alone. Your history stays where it is, so the URLs you saved do not vanish with the wiped data.

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app on your Android phone.
2. Tap in the bottom toolbar and choose Settings.
3. Tap Privacy and Security, then open Clear browsing data.
   
4. Select a Time range, then check Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.
   
5. Tap Clear Now.
   Edge deletes cookies and cache for the selected time range.

You’ll know it worked when that site loads fresh and asks you to sign in again. Signing back in usually ends the loop.

Turn on automatic clearing when you exit Edge

Want every session to start clean without remembering to tap anything? Edge can clear the categories you choose each time the app closes. The toggle sits at the bottom of the clear screen, and Microsoft has a bug on Android where it does not always fire, so plan to verify it.

1. Open Microsoft Edge and tap in the bottom toolbar, then tap Settings.
2. Tap Privacy and security.
3. Tap Clear browsing data.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and turn on Clear browsing data upon exit.
5. Pick the categories Edge should clear every time it closes, such as Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, and Cached images and files.
6. Quit Edge by swiping it out of the recent apps list so the next session starts clean.

If old cookies or history still show up after several app restarts, the toggle did not fire. Run a manual clear using the first section of this guide and double-check the categories you ticked.

If you also use Edge on a Windows or Mac computer, that setting lives somewhere else in the desktop build. Clear Browsing Data and Reset the Edge on your Computer walks through it.

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