How to clear browser cache automatically in Selenium WebDriver?

Question

How to clear browser cache before every test run? I tried with driver.manage().deleteAllCookies(); in setUp method after creating the driver instan

Answer 1

There is a driver capability you can set as follows:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IE_ENSURE_CLEAN_SESSION, true);

It worked for me on IE11.

Source: http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriver.html