How to clear the cache of offline Web Applications

Most of this new HTML5 stuff is still work in progress. And you can feel that sometimes, when you try the implementations in the different browsers.

For example, try to delete the cache of an Offline Web application:

iOS

The only way to be sure it’s deleted is:

• Open the Safari settings
• Clear your cache (“Clear history”, “Clear Cookies”, “Clear Cache”)
• Restart device

Google Chrome

• Open the following URL: chrome://appcache-internals/
• Look for your application and click “Remove”

See: Troubleshooting Offline Access Issues for Chrome10+

Mozilla Firefox

• Go to “Preferences… > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage”
• Click on “Clear now”

See: Firefox Help “How to clear the cache”

You might also want to read: How to host HTML5 Offline Web applications on an IIS web server