Internet: to keep cache or delete cache?

I hate clearing my browser cache, for one simple reason. Its a pain to re-authenticate some sites. For instance, If I want to log into Chase to pay my credit card, I now need to have them email or call me with a code. One site, is fine, but that sort of behavior is fairly common for all financial sites and so I'd rather not go through the level of frustration.

 

There are three things in play here, and typically only two of them have anything to do with remembering site login information.

You have "local storage" information in the folder below. That can contain local storage information for web sites that remembers you have been there before like maflynn described. Typically you do not want to delete local storage files for sites you frequent.

Code:

~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage

Then you have cookies stored in the binary file Cookies.binarycookies in the folder below. These cookies can also store login information, so you would normally want to leave them there for sites you frequent. Do not try to mess with this file as you will corrupt it. You need to manage cookies in Safari or through a third party app.

Code:

~/LibraryCookies

Then you have Safari cache data in the folder below. That is just images cached from websites to make subsequent visits to the site faster. You can delete this if you want, since it does not store any login information.

Code:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari

I use a third party app called Cookie to manage all this. You can whitelist local storage and cookies for sites you frequent and have the app delete the rest. It can also manage the cache files for you if you like.

https://cookie5app.com

 

I guess I misunderstood. I thought you were asking about Safari.