# Empty Cache Button

> Cache clearing made easy. One click.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/empty-cache-button?hl=fr](https://chrome-stats.com/d/empty-cache-button?hl=fr)

## Overview

- **ID:** `empty-cache-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mvm
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,other
- **Daily users:** 10,087
- **Weekly downloads:** 38
- **Rating:** 4.46 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.5resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2010-03-20
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/empty-cache-button/)

## Description

**Empty Cache Button** is a convenient Chrome extension that adds a toolbar button for effortless cache clearing. With a single click, users can quickly clear their browser cache without navigating through complicated settings. It supports optional notifications upon successful cache clearing and can automatically reload selected tabs to reflect changes immediately. For power users, it includes a handy keyboard shortcut (F9) for instant cache clearing, enhancing browsing efficiency and troubleshooting.

## Rankings

- #784 — Overall
- #75 — Web Development
- #110 — Other extensions
- #173 — Privacy & Security
- #2 — cache
- #26 — button for google

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `notifications`
- `browsingData`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users widely praise Empty Cache Button for being simple and fast: a single-button, easy-to-use tool that reliably clears the cache and is especially handy for web developers and designers who need to bypass aggressive browser caching. It’s lightweight and even appreciated on Android. A minority report occasional reliability issues with Firefox 111.0, but overall sentiment is positive.

### Pros

- Simple, one-button cache clearing for a fast, painless workflow.
- Easy to use and generally reliable.
- Very useful for web developers and designers to bypass browser caching.
- Fast and efficient, improving development turnaround.
- Cross-platform support, including Firefox on Android.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/empty-cache-button?hl=fr)