How do I clear my browsing history?
In order to speed up web browsing, web browsers are designed to download web pages and store them locally on your computer's hard drive in an area called "cache". The cache contains a kind of travel record of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds, Web pages, even cookies. Typically these items are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.When you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again. This sometimes results in less than current versions of web pages being displayed. When the cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space.
You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently. If you believe that you have a less than current version of a page, please see the following steps listed below to clear the cache in your browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Gear Icon in the Upper Right Corner.
3. Click Safety.
4. Click Delete Browsing History.
5. Uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data"
6. Check "Temporary Internet Files", "Cookies", and "History".
7. Click the "Delete" button.
8. Internet Explorer will delete your selections, you will get a notification at the bottom of the screen once it completes.
2. Click Gear Icon in the Upper Right Corner.
3. Click Safety.
4. Click Delete Browsing History.
5. Uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data"
6. Check "Temporary Internet Files", "Cookies", and "History".
7. Click the "Delete" button.
8. Internet Explorer will delete your selections, you will get a notification at the bottom of the screen once it completes.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon.
3. Click Internet Options and choose the General tab.
4. Click Delete under "Browsing History".
5. Uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data"
6. Check "Temporary Internet Files", "Cookies", and "History".
7. Click the "Delete" button.
8. Click Close and then OK.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon.
3. Click Internet Options and choose the General tab.
4. Click Delete under "Browsing History".
5. Uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data"
6. Check "Temporary Internet Files", "Cookies", and "History".
7. Click the "Delete" button.
8. Click Close and then OK.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon.
3. Click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
4. Click the General tab
5. Click Delete under "Browsing History".
6. Click Delete Files under "Temporary Internet Files".
7. Click Yes on the Delete Files dialog box.
8. Click Close and then OK.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon.
3. Click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
4. Click the General tab
5. Click Delete under "Browsing History".
6. Click Delete Files under "Temporary Internet Files".
7. Click Yes on the Delete Files dialog box.
8. Click Close and then OK.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 - 6.0
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar.
3. Click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
4. Click the General tab
5. Click Delete Files under "Temporary Internet Files".
6. Check Delete all offline content.
7. Click OK on the Delete Files dialog box. 8. Click Apply and then OK.
2. Click Tools in the upper toolbar.
3. Click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
4. Click the General tab
5. Click Delete Files under "Temporary Internet Files".
6. Check Delete all offline content.
7. Click OK on the Delete Files dialog box. 8. Click Apply and then OK.
Mozilla Firefox 4.0
1. Click the Firefox Menu in the upper lefthand corner
2. Click History
3. Click Clear Recent History
4. Select the Time Range to clear (drop-down menu).
- Select "Everything" to clear all cache.
5. Click Details to choose what history elements to clear.
- Place a check mark in all boxes.
6. Click the Clear Now button.
7. Exit and re-launch the browser.
2. Click History
3. Click Clear Recent History
4. Select the Time Range to clear (drop-down menu).
- Select "Everything" to clear all cache.
5. Click Details to choose what history elements to clear.
- Place a check mark in all boxes.
6. Click the Clear Now button.
7. Exit and re-launch the browser.
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - 3.6
1. Click Tools in the upper toolbar and select Clear Recent History.
2. Select the Time Range to clear (drop-down menu).
- Select Everything to clear all cache.
3. Click Details to choose what history elements to clear.
- Place a check mark in all boxes.
4. Click the Clear Now button.
5. Exit and re-launch the browser.
2. Select the Time Range to clear (drop-down menu).
- Select Everything to clear all cache.
3. Click Details to choose what history elements to clear.
- Place a check mark in all boxes.
4. Click the Clear Now button.
5. Exit and re-launch the browser.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - 3.0
1. Click Tools in the upper toolbar and select Clear Private Data.
2. Check Cache and cookies.
- Note, you can select other data you would like to clear as well
3. Click the Clear Private Date Now button.
4. Exit and re-launch the browser.
2. Check Cache and cookies.
- Note, you can select other data you would like to clear as well
3. Click the Clear Private Date Now button.
4. Exit and re-launch the browser.
Google Chrome 10.0
1. Click the wrench icon in the upper right hand corner.
2. Click options.
3. Click Under the Hood.
4. Under Privacy click Clear browsing data.
5. Clear all data from "beginning of time".
6. Check Clear browsing history, download history, empty the cache, and delete cookies.
7. Click Clear browsing data
8. Restart your browser.
2. Click options.
3. Click Under the Hood.
4. Under Privacy click Clear browsing data.
5. Clear all data from "beginning of time".
6. Check Clear browsing history, download history, empty the cache, and delete cookies.
7. Click Clear browsing data
8. Restart your browser.
Safari 4.0
1. Open Safari.
2. Click on Tools (gear icon) in the upper right toolbar and Select Reset Safari.
3. Click Empty Cache and Remove All Cookies.
4. Click the Reset button.
5. Exit and re-launch the browser.
2. Click on Tools (gear icon) in the upper right toolbar and Select Reset Safari.
3. Click Empty Cache and Remove All Cookies.
4. Click the Reset button.
5. Exit and re-launch the browser.
Opera 9.0
1. Open Opera
2. Click Tools and select Delete Private Data.
3. Click the Delete options and choose what history elements to clear.
- e.g. Delete temporary cookies, Delete all cookies, Delete entire cache.
4. Click the Clear Now button.
5. Close window.
6. Exit and re-launch the browser.
2. Click Tools and select Delete Private Data.
3. Click the Delete options and choose what history elements to clear.
- e.g. Delete temporary cookies, Delete all cookies, Delete entire cache.
4. Click the Clear Now button.
5. Close window.
6. Exit and re-launch the browser.
Netscape Communicator / Navigator 8.0
1. Click Tools in the upper toolbar and select Options.
2. Select Privacy under Options on the left side of the screen.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Cache.
5. Click Clear.
6. Click OK.
2. Select Privacy under Options on the left side of the screen.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Cache.
5. Click Clear.
6. Click OK.
Netscape Communicator / Navigator 7.0
1. Click Edit in the upper toolbar and select Preferences.
2. Click the Triangle next to Advanced to expand it.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Cache.
5. Click OK.
2. Click the Triangle next to Advanced to expand it.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Cache.
5. Click OK.
Netscape Communicator / Navigator 4.0 - 6.0
1. Click Edit in the upper toolbar and select Preferences.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Memory Cache.
5. Click Clear Disk Cache.
6. Click OK.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click Clear Memory Cache.
5. Click Clear Disk Cache.
6. Click OK.
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