In this article, you will learn how to clear caches in the Laravel application. In the Laravel application, you can clear cache two types using the artisan command and from browsers.

I will mention a few commands you can use to clear various types of cache like config cache, view cache, route cache, and application cache from your Laravel application.

If you want to clear cache using command then open your terminal and go to the Laravel application's folder and execute the below commands:

Clear Application Cache

To clear the Laravel application cache, run the following artisan command:

php artisan cache:clear

Clear Route Cache

To clear route cache of your Laravel application run the following artisan command:

php artisan route:clear

Clear Configuration Cache

To clear the config cache of your Laravel application, run the following artisan command:

php artisan config:clear

Clear Compiled Views Cache

To clear the view cache of your Laravel application which is basically compiled view files, run the following artisan command:

php artisan view:clear

If you want to clear the cache through the browser then we need to run these commands programmatically because sometimes hard to get console access to your Laravel application. So this method is very easy and helpful Clear Cache in Laravel using Browser.

Thus, we will create special routes to clear the cache in Laravel.

// Clear application cache:
Route::get('/clear-cache', function() {
   Artisan::call('cache:clear');
   return 'Application cache has been cleared';
});

//Clear route cache:
Route::get('/route-cache', function() {
Artisan::call('route:cache');
   return 'Routes cache has been cleared';
});

//Clear config cache:
Route::get('/config-cache', function() {
 Artisan::call('config:cache');
 return 'Config cache has been cleared';
});

// Clear view cache:
Route::get('/view-clear', function() {
   Artisan::call('view:clear');
   return 'View cache has been cleared';
});