How to Clear Your Browser's Cache ?

If current information or web site updates does not appear in your browser, you may need to clear your cache.

For more details see; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897

Clear Your Cache Memory Windows 7 and Windows Vista

  1. Click the Start button , click Control Panel, click Network and Internet, and then click Internet Options.
  2. Click the General tab, and then click Delete under Browsing history.
  3. Click Delete all, click Yes to confirm that you want to delete this information, and then click OK.

Earlier versions of Windows

  1. Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.
  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
  3. On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
  4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box , and then click OK.
  5. Click OK.

Cache Overview

Cache is temporary storage of Web pages on your hard disk.

The first time you view a page, the page is retrieved from the Web. If you request this same page again, the browser checks to see if this page is available in cache.

For example, if you use the Back button to re-display a page, cache can display the page more quickly than retrieving the page from the Web a second time.

Sometimes you might not want a page to be retrieved from cache. The page you displayed initially may be different than the page currently offered by the Web. If a modification to a particular URL has occurred, you may want the updated page rather than the copy in cache.

Clearing Cache

Internet Explorer

  • Press the Refresh button or use the menu options View, Refresh.
  • This will update any Web page stored in your disk cache with the latest content on the Web.
  • If Refresh fails to display the updated page, empty your Internet Explorer disk cache.
  • For Internet Explorer version 4.0:
    1. On the View menu of your Internet Explorer toolbar, click Internet Options.
    2. Click the General tab.
    3. In the Temporary Internet files area, click Delete Files, then click OK.
    4. Click OK to close Internet Options.
  • For Internet Explorer version 5.0, 5.5, 6.0:
    1. On the Tools menu of your Internet Explorer toolbar, click Internet Options.
    2. Click the General tab.
    3. In the Temporary Internet files area, click Delete Files, then click OK.
    4. Click OK to close Internet Options.

    • Netscape

  • Press the Reload button or use the menu options View, Reload.
  • Netscape checks with the server to see if an update has occurred before bringing a page from cache. If any change to the page has occurred, a fresh version is transmitted from the Web; otherwise, a copy is quickly retrieved from cache.
  • If Reload fails to display the updated page, press the Reload button while holding down the Ctrl key (Option key on Macintosh).
  • Netscape retrieves a fresh version from the Web whether the page has been updated or not. Cache is not used. This type of reload is useful if you suspect the cached copy of a page has been corrupted.
  • If Reload while holding down Ctrl fails, empty your Netscape disk cache:
  • For Netscape version 4.7, 6.0, 7.0:
    1. On the Edit menu of your Netscape toolbar, click Preferences.
    2. Click the Advanced category and select Cache.
    3. Click the Clear Disk Cache button and the Clear Memory Cache button.
    4. Click OK.

    • America Online and Compuserve Users

  • If you are an AOL member, your default browser is Internet Explorer. (However, AOL and Compuserve members have the option to use any standalone browser installed on their PC.) AOL/Compuserve's caching servers control the Refresh/Reload process. Changes to web pages may not be reflected immediately if accessed via AOL/Compuserve and the standard browser Refresh/Reload sequences will not retrieve the updated web pages. According to AOL's webmaster information page, this updating may take up to 24 hours.

    • If you are not using any of the above browsers, refer to your browser Help screens to discover how to clearcache.

    For more details see; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897

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