Clearing your browser cache

May 11th, 2009 | Posted by John Goodell in Useful Tools to Make Your Life Easier | What's New?

Each time you access a file through your web browser, the browser caches (stores) it. In this way, the files (including any images on the page) do not have to be retrieved anew from the remote web site each time you click the Back or Forward buttons.

Unfortunately, this means that when we release new features (and fixes for old ones), your browser may still be showing you OLD content. You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently.

Internet Explorer 7

  1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options... .
  2. Choose the General tab.
  3. Under Browsing history, click Delete... .
  4. Next to “Temporary Internet Files”, click Delete files... .
  5. Click Close, and then click OK to exit.

Firefox 3 for Windows

From the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data, and then check Cache. Click Clear Private Data Now.

Firefox 3 for Mac OS X

  1. In Firefox, from the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data.
  2. Make sure Cache is checked, and then click Clear Private Data Now.

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