How to clear your web browser cache?
In order to speed up web browsing, web browsers are designed to download web pages and store them locally on your computer's hard drive in an area called "cache". The cache contains a kind of travel record of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds, Web pages, even cookies.
When you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again. This sometimes results in less than current versions of web pages being displayed. When the cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space.
You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently. Since every browser is different, the following sections will outline the steps involved in clearing the cache for several popular web browsers.
Internet Explorer 9
1. Once your browser is open, click the gear at the top right to open the settings menu. Then, select Safety and Delete Browsing History... Or, optionally you may simply press Ctrl-Shift-Delete to open the Delete Browsing History window.
2. Select Temporary Internet Files. You will also need to uncheck all the other boxes, especially Preserve Favorites website data. This option makes the window also delete objects from websites in your Favorites folder, which is necessary to completely clear your cache.
3. Click the Delete button near the bottom of the window to perform the operations (i.e. clear your cache by deleting temporary files).
Your computer will work for a moment, and then the process will be complete. You've successfully cleared Internet Explorer 9's Cache!
Internet Explorer 8
1. Once your browser is open, select Safety and click on Delete Browsing History.... Or, optionally you may simply press Ctrl-Shift-Delete to open the Delete Browsing History window.
2. Select Temporary Internet Files.
3. Click the Delete button near the bottom of the window to delete your temporary files (i.e. clear your cache).
If you want the browser to automatically clear the cache whenever you close it, click the Advanced tab. Click to check the box next to the Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed option (in the section labeled Security). Click OK. This will delete everything except cookies.
Note: IE8 has a "feature" which retains some cookies even after you clear your cache if you do not UNCHECK the "Preserve Favorites Website Data." If you truly need to clear your cache, you will want to uncheck this!
Safari
1. Once your browser is open, click the Safari menu and select Reset Safari....
2. Click reset
Firefox
Automatically clear the cache
1. Click the Tools menu, then click Options.
2. Select the Privacy panel. Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.
3. Check the box for Clear history when Firefox closes.
3. To specify what types of history should be cleared, click the Settings... button next to Clear history when Firefox closes.
4. In the Settings for Clearing History window, click the check mark box next to Cookie and Cache
5. Click OK to close the Settings for Clearing History window.
6. Click OK to close the Options window
7. Close your Firefox browser and reopen again.
Google Chrome V10+
1. Once your browser is open, select the Wrench icon (the settings menu, located in the upper-right corner) then, Tools, and Clear Browsing Data.... You can also access the Delete Browsing History window by pressing Ctrl-Shift-Delete, or clicking on this link: [chrome://settings/clearBrowserData].
2. Select the Empty the cache check-box. Uncheck everything else to avoid deleting data unintentionally.
3. In the Obliterate the following items from: dropdown menu, select the beginning of time.
4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button. Chrome will work for a moment, and then the process will be done. You've successfully cleared Chrome's Cache!
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