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How to clear your browser's cache?
Running
out of disk space? Can't stop your browser from
loading an out-of-date page or an image? Your
browser taking longer to exit? Your favorite Java
applet is misbehaving?
One of the answers to all of the above questions
may be to clear your browser's cache. Almost all
web browsers maintain a local copy of web pages
and other related items on your disk or memory
to speedup reloading of previously visited pages
from the Internet. This time saver may get bigger
and slower over long periods of time. If this
is causing problems, try clearing your browser
cache as follows.
TIP: Although it's not required by all browsers,
restarting your browser after clearing the cache
is a good idea. If you're using Explorer 4.x or
Explorer 5.x it's better to restart the computer
as well.
Netscape Navigator 3.x:
- Select "Options | Network Preferences..."
from the main menu
- Change to the "Cache" tab
- Click on "Clear Memory Cache Now" and
"Clear Disk Cache Now" buttons
Netscape Navigator 6.x and 7.x:
- Select "Edit | Preferences..."
from the main menu
- Expand the "Advanced" menu by clicking the triangle sign and
- Click "Cache"
- Click both the "Clear Memory Cache" and the "Clear Disk Cache" buttons.
Netscape Communicator 4.x:
- Select "Edit | Preferences..." from
the main menu
- Change to the "Advanced | Cache" section
- Click on "Clear Memory Cache" and
"Clear Disk Cache" buttons
TIP: Navigator 3.x and Communicator 4.x users:
If you're often having to reload frequently updated
pages, you may want to take this chance to set
"Verify Documents" option to "Every
Time." This will make the browser retreive
the latest copy of a web page even if it's in
the cache.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x:
- Select "View | Options..." from the
main menu
- Change to the "Advanced" tab
- Click on "Settings" button
- Click on "Empty Folder..."
TIP: If you're running out of hard disk space,
you could reduce percent of disk space used by
Explorer 3.x for its cache by sliding the "Amount
of disk space to use" guage.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x:
- Select "View | Internet Options..."
from the main menu
- Change to the "General" tab
- Click on "Delete Files" button
TIP: If you have Explorer 4.x Active Channel subscriptions,
check "Delete all subscription content"
to delete cached channel content as well.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x:
- Select "Tools | Internet Options..."
from the main menu
- Change to the "General" tab
- Click on "Delete Files" button
TIP: If you have stored web pages for offline
viewing, check "Delete all offline content"
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x:
- Select "Tools | Internet Options..."
from the main menu
- Change to the "General" tab
- Click on "Delete Files" button
TIP: If you have stored web pages for offline
viewing, check "Delete all offline content"
Mozilla firefox 1.x:
- Select "Tools" from the main
menu
- Click on "Options..."
- Change to the "Privacy" tab
- Select "Cache" and click "Clear"
Opera 3.x:
- Select "Preferences" from the main
menu
- Click on "Cache..."
- Click on "Empty Now" button to clear
the selected cache
TIP: If want to save your hard disk from filling
up with cached files you will never use, check
"Empty on Exit" this will flush your
cache at the end of every session.
America Online 3.x (with Explorer 3.x):
- Select "Members | Preferences" from
the main menu
- Click on the "WWW" button
- Click on "Advanced..."
- Click on "Purge Cache" to clear the
cache
TIP: Be sure to check "Cache web pages and
graphics locally" (which should be enabled
by default) to speedup surfing.
America Online 4.x:
- Select "My AOL | Preferences" from
the main menu
- Click on the "WWW" button
- Change to the "General" tab
- Click on "Delete Files" button
TIP: If you have Explorer 4.x Active Channel subscriptions,
check "Delete all subscription content"
to delete cached channel content as well. If you
have stored web pages for offline viewing, check
"Delete all offline content"
For more information, feel free to
contact
us
America Online 9.0:
- Select "Settings" A box appears called "Settings: Essentials".
- Click on Internet [Web] Options
- Click on the 'General' tab
- Under 'Temporary Internet Files', click on the "Settings" button
- Select "Every visit to the page" on 'Settings' page
- Click OK
- Return to the 'General' tab, click on "Delete Files" to clear the cache
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