Clear Squid Cache And re-create Cache Directories

Question : how to clear squid cache directory ?

Step 1

Find Squid cache directory location

# grep cache_dir /etc/squid/squid.conf

Step 2

Restart Squid with an empty cache

# squid -k shutdown

Step 3

Delete the  Cache directory by following command 

# rm -rf  < your cache dir path >

# rm -rf /var/spool/squid/

Step 4

Now Create Directory 

# mkdir /var/spool/squid

Step 5 

Set Permission

# chown squid:squid /var/spool/squid

SELinux user : command

# restorecon -vr /var/spool/squid

Step 6

Re-create the cache directories

# squid -z

Step 7 

# service squid restart