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How To Clear Your Browser Cache?

How To Clear Your Browser Cache?


For Internet Explorer 4.x and Above


  • Click Tools from the Internet Explorer menu bar.
  • Click Internet Options.
  • Click the General Tab.
  • Click the Delete Files button in the Temporary Internet files section.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Internet Explorer 7.x and 8.x


  • Click Tools from the Internet Explorer menu bar.
  • Click Internet Options.
  • Click Delete button from Browsing history.
  • Click Delete files... button from Temporary Internet Files section.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Internet Explorer 9.x and 10.x


  • Click on the Setting button.
  • Select on Safety and click on the Delete browsing history.
  • In the Delete Browsing History properties, select Temporary Internet files and Cookies. Then Click on the Delete button.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Firefox 1.5x and Above


  • Click Tools from the Firefox menu bar.
  • Click Clear Private Data, or press CTRL+Shift+Del.
  • Make sure the box is checked next to each option you wish to Clear Private Data for (Browsing History, Cache, Cookies, Authenticated Sessions)
  • Click the Clear Private Data Now button.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Mozilla Firefox 29


  • Click History from the Firefox menu bar.
  • Click Clear Recent History, or press CTRL + Shift + Del.
  • In the Time range to clear, select Everything. Click Clear Now.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Netscape 4.x and Above


  • Click Preferences from the Edit menu.
  • Click Edit from Netscape menu bar.
  • Expand the Advanced menu by clicking the triangle sign.
  • Click Cache.
  • Click both the Clear Memory Cache and the Clear Disk Cache buttons.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Mozilla 1.x and Above


  • Click Edit from the Mozilla menu bar.
  • Click Preferences from the Edit menu.
  • Expand the Advanced menu by clicking the plus sign.
  • Click Cache.
  • Click ok to close the preferences menu.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Opera


  • Click Edit from the Opera menu bar.
  • Click Preferences from the File menu.
  • Click the History and Cache Menu.
  • Click Cache.
  • Click ok to close the Preferences menu.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For AOL 3.x and Above


  • Start AOL from AOL menu bar.
  • Select Keyword > Go to Keyword.
  • Type the keyword preferences.
  • Click Go. Dialog box: AOL Settings: Customize your AOL Enterprise.
  • Select Essentials tab > Internet (Web) Options - Set Web Browser options and properties. Dialog box: Internet Options.
  • Select General tab.
  • Click Delete files. Dialog box: Delete Files: Delete all files in the Temporary Internet files.
  • Select Delete all offline content.
  • Click OK.
  • Click OK.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart the computer.



For Safari 1.x for Macintosh OS X


  • Open Safari.
  • Click on Safari in the toolbar and select Preferences...
  • Click on the Privacy Icon.
  • Click the [clear] button next to the Cache option.
  • Click OK.
  • Exit your Safari browser completely and re-launch Safari.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart your computer.



For Google Chrome 29 and above


  • Open Google Chrome.
  • Click on Customize and control Google Chrome from right top corner.
  • Click Setting.
  • Click Show advanced settings...
  • Under Privacy, click Clear browsing data...
  • select the beginning of time
  • Check Empty the cache
  • Click Clear Data.
  • If you still have a problem, repeat the steps above and restart your computer.

Updated on: 21/06/2022

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