It's better to delete your history which also clears the history.
Clearing your browser history by deleting the browsing data also removes the cookies, cache and other saved data and offers a more comprehensive way of improving performance and protecting of your privacy.
Clearing your browser history regularly also enhances security by removing digital footprints which could be exploited by hackers or for targeted advertising and can also free up some device storage, although the performance impact is not as significant now.
To clear your cache go to your browsers settings and then select privacy and security and clear browsing data.
Then select cached images and files and cookies and other site data and choose the time range and click on "Clear Data".
The actual settings can vary depending on your browser.
The downside of clearing cookies is it requires you to log in again to websites you were previously signed into and the loss of personalization.
When you clear cookies, it can also cause you to lose shopping cart contents or lose incomplete tasks.
Clearing cookies offers privacy benefits by erasing your browser history and online activity trails, but it can be inconvenient and make for a less convenient experience online.
Clearing cookies does not delete passwords or passwords that you've saved.
Passwords are often stored separately in the browser's password manager.
But if you clear the browser's data by selecting the "passwords" option within the clearing data menu, such as in the Chrome browsers settings then the saved passwords will be deleted.
To avoid deleting your passwords when clearing your browsers data, be sure to deselect the password option and only clear the cookies and cache.
What clearing cookies does is logs you out, resets website preferences and can make websites load slower.
When you clear cookies it logs you out of websites that you're currently signed into because the cookies contain your login session information are removed.
Clearing cookies also resets websites preferences, which mean that you may have to re-enter your preferences on certain sites.
Clearing cookies also can make websites load slower as the browser has to also re-download some assets it previously stored in the cache.
To avoid deleting saved passwords open the browser settings and find the section for clearing of browsing data.
And look for an option which separates the cookies, cache and the browsing history and passwords.
And ensure the checkbox that is next to the "Passwords" is NOT selected.
And only select "Cookies" and any other desired data you want to clear and then confirm and clear the selected data.