How to clear browser cache.

When you browse the pages of sites on the Internet, files are automatically saved in your browser for faster opening of the same pages in the future. These can be both images and parts of videos. In addition to them, scripts, html files, css files and much more are saved to a specific browser folder.

All these files are called the browser cache. Each browser has its own cache folder and cleaning method. Over time, their number increases, taking up more and more space on the Windows disk. As you know, the more unnecessary files in the system, the worse it works. If the browser cache is not cleared, then after a while the cache size will increase several hundred times. How do I clear my browser cache?

Ways to clear the browser cache

In fact, there are three ways to clear the browser cache:

  • "manually",
  • by cleaning programs like CCleaner,
  • by tools of the browser itself.

Clearing the browser cache "manually"

All programs in Windows are stored in the Program Files folders. We are looking for a folder with a browser and open it. Usually the cache is located in profile / cache. We delete the contents of the folder, and the browser cache will be cleared. But each browser has its "own path" to the cache:

  • Opera's cache is located along the path % userprofile% \ AppData \ local \ Opera \ Opera \ cache \
  • Mozilla Firefox hides its cache in c: \ Users \% userprofile% \ AppData \ Local \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ Set of letters \ Cache
  • Google Chrome has a cache here % userprofile% \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Google \ Chrome \ User Data \ Default \ Cache
  • Internet Explorer is located with the cache folder at % userprofile% \ AppData \ local \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Temporary Internet Files \ Content. IEX \

You can quickly access this folder as follows: simultaneously click on the Windows R button on the keyboard. The command line will open. We copy the path from this article into it, a folder with the browser cache opens, in which you can delete all files.

Clearing the cache by CCleaner

Advanced users already know about CCleaner and its capabilities. In addition to editing startup, cleaning the registry and unnecessary files, the software can also clean browser caches, and all at once. To do this, you need to start the program, click the "Cleanup" button, mark the "Temporary browser files" (this is the cache) with a checkmark and click on the "Analysis" button. After the analysis is finished, just click on "Clear" to delete all browser caches. If you want to clear the browser cache and cookies at the same time, then check the box "Cookies-files".

Clearing the cache using browser tools

Internet Explorer

Open IE, hold down the ALT button on the keyboard and select "Service