Python Selenium – How to Clear Cache and Cookies in Chrome WebDriver

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I'm trying to clear the cache and cookies in my chrome browser (webdriver from selenium) but I can't find any solutions for specifically the chrome driver. How do I clear the cache and cookies in Python? Thanks!

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For cookies, you can use the delete_all_cookies function:

driver.delete_all_cookies()

For cache, there isn't a direct way to do this through Selenium. If you are trying to make sure everything is cleared at the beginning of starting a Chrome driver, or when you are done, then you don't need to do anything. Every time you initialize a webdriver, it is a brand new instance with no cache, cookies, or history. Every time you terminate the driver, all these are cleared.

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You are using here

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='clearBrowsingDataConfirm']")).click();

Unfortunately, this won’t work because the Chrome settings page uses Polymer and WebComponents, need to use query selector using the /deep/ combinator, so selector in this case is * /deep/ #clearBrowsingDataConfirm.

Here is workaround to your problem...you can achieve the same using either one of the following...

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class ClearChromeCache {

    WebDriver driver;

    /*This will clear cache*/
    @Test
    public void clearCache() throws InterruptedException {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://WebDrivers/chromedriver.exe");
        ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
        chromeOptions.addArguments("disable-infobars");
        chromeOptions.addArguments("start-maximized");
        driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
        driver.get("chrome://settings/clearBrowserData");
        Thread.sleep(5000);
        driver.switchTo().activeElement();
        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("* /deep/ #clearBrowsingDataConfirm")).click();
        Thread.sleep(5000);
    }

    /*This will launch browser with cache disabled*/
    @Test
    public void launchWithoutCache() throws InterruptedException {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://WebDrivers/chromedriver.exe");
        DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
        cap.setCapability("applicationCacheEnabled", false);
        driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);
    }
}

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