SiteShrine Blog » clear cache http://siteshrine.net Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:08:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How To Clear Your Cache http://siteshrine.net/2009/11/08/clear-your-cache-instructions/ http://siteshrine.net/2009/11/08/clear-your-cache-instructions/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:31 +0000 Scott http://siteshrine.net/?p=187 Every time you visit a website your computer caches or stores files including images. These files take up space and can cause your browser not operate as efficiently as it should. Also if you are a webmaster you may make a change to your website but not see the changes as your computer has cached the site on your browser so instead of reloading it you get the original cached version.

Here is how you clear your cache for various browsers:

Internet Explorer 8

  1. From the Safety menu in the upper right, click Delete Browsing History... .
  2. Check Temporary Internet files, Cookies, and History, and then click Delete.

Internet Explorer 7

  1. From the Tools menu in the upper right, select Delete Browsing History.
  2. Next to “Temporary Internet Files”, click Delete files... .To delete your cookies, click Delete Cookies.
  3. Click Close, and then click OK to exit.

Firefox 3.5 for Windows

  1. From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History... .
  2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
  3. Click the down arrow next to “Details” to choose what history elements to clear (e.g., check Cookies to clear cookies). Click Clear Now.

Firefox 3 for Windows

From the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data... , and then check Cache and Cookies. Click Clear Private Data Now.

Safari

  1. From the Safari menu, select Empty Cache... and Cookies... .
  2. When prompted, click Empty to confirm that you want to empty the cache.

Firefox 3.5 for Mac OS X

  1. From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History... .
  2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
  3. Click the down arrow next to “Details” to choose what history elements to clear. Click Clear Now.

Firefox 3 for Mac OS X

  1. In Firefox, from the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data.
  2. Make sure Cache and Cookies are checked, and then click Clear Private Data Now.

Chrome

1. Click the Tools menu. (the wrench in the upper-right corner)

2. Select Options.

3. Click the Under the Hood tab.

4. Click Clear browsing data

5. Check the boxes for the types of information you wish to delete.

  • Clear browsing history
  • Clear download history
  • Empty the cache
  • Delete cookies
  • Clear saved passwords

You can also choose the period of time you wish to delete cached information using the Clear data from this period dropdown menu.

6. Click Clear Browsing Data when ready.

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