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To reduce the bandwidth usage and the server load, the web browser like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari stores a cache of the websites you visit. It is a mechanism for temporary storage of web documents such as HTML pages and images.  It is recommended to clear it once in a while to free some space in your computer especially if it’s running slow.

Since most of us are using different web browser, this is  a tutorial on how to clear the cache for widely used web browsers.

For  Internet Explorer 8

1.  Open your browser and click Tools menu then click Delete Browsing History.

2.  Select Temporary Internet Files then click the Delete button at the bottom.

Note:  You can also clear your browsing history, cookies, saved passwords and saved form data information in this section. 

For Internet Explorer 9

1. Open your browser then click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your browser which is the Tools menu.  Click the Internet Option.

2. In the Browsing history section click the Delete button.

3. Select the Tempory Internet Files then click the Delete button.

Note: You can also clear your browsing history, cookies,  saved passwords and saved form data information in this section.

For Google Chrome

1. Open your browser,  select the Tools menu (the wrench icon at the upper-right corner)  and select Options.

2. Select Under the Hood then click Clear browsing data. 

3. You can choose the period of time you wish to delete cached information using the drop down menu  then click the Clear browsing data button. 

Note:  You can also clear your browsing history, download history, cookies, saved passwords and saved autofill form data in this section. 

 

For the latest Mozilla Firefox Browser  ( version: 3.5 / 3.6 / 4.0 / 5.0)

 1.  Open your browser then Click the Tools menu, then select Clear Recent History.

2.  Choose the time range of cache that you wish to delete.

3.  Click on Details and make sure Cache is checked then click the Clear button.

 Note:  You can also clear your browsing & download history, cookies and active logins in this section. 

Hope you enjoy and find this tutorial helpful.  We will be providing more tutorials to help and educate our clients and future clients about computer tasks they can do without paying professionals to do it.