diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.cc
index 6aa834eb8d..75854caa63 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.cc
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void ClearAuthCacheInIO(
             options.origin, options.realm, options.auth_scheme,
             net::AuthCredentials(options.username, options.password));
       } else {
-        auth_cache->Clear();
+        auth_cache->ClearEntriesAddedWithin(base::TimeDelta::Max());
       }
     } else if (options.type == "clientCertificate") {
       auto client_auth_cache = network_session->ssl_client_auth_cache();