TYPO3 Flush system/all caches button

How to flush system caches resp. flush all caches

TYPO3 8 and higher

TYPO3 flush all caches
Flush all caches (since TYPO3 8)

Since TYPO3 the option 'Flush system caches' isn´t needed anymore because of the new option 'Flush all caches', which clears all system-related caches.

TYPO3 7 or lower

Flush system caches
Flush system caches in TYPO3 7.3

To activate the "Flush system caches" option in the TYPO3 backend, you need to add the following code into your User TSconfig.

  1. Navigate to System > Backend users > [your username] > Edit > Options  in the TYPO3 backend.
  2. Add options.clearCache.system = 1 into the field TSconfig.
  3. Click on save and reload your backend (or log in with the account you made the changes for) and you should see a new option "Flush system caches" below "Flush general caches".

That´s it.