How to clear delete the browser's cache on your computer

How to delete the browser cache on a PC

When you browse on the internet and visit many websites, your browser saves a lot of content and data in temporary storage on your computers hard drive. This temporary storage is called "cache". You should clear the cache from time to time to have te latest information available.

Choose your browser and follow the steps to clear your browsers cache (empty cache).


Clear Cache (Chrome)	Clear Cache (Firefox)	Clear Cache (Edge)	Clear Cache (Safari)	Clear Cache (opera)

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To delete the browser cache in Safari, there are two options

Tthrough a keyboard shortcut
Use the Developer menu

Keyboard shortcut

The fastest way to clear (epty) your cache is to use following keyboard shortcut: [CMD] + [ALT] + [E].

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How to clear cache in Opera the fast way.

Want a fresh start? If so, then just clear it all. However, make sure you know what you’re deleting so that you don’t remove data you want. The easiest way to clear everything in Opera is to:

Shortcut: CTRL + H

Go directly to the History dialog including the option to Clear Browsing Data.

Press Ctrl+H to open your history page to simply access all history information on your browser.
Click the button Clear browsing data in the top-right corner.
Select the Basic Tab in the pop-up screen
Select Cached images and files and the time range, like last hour or all time.
Click the button Clear data.
Close the Browser Tab with Setting

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When you clear your cache you will always load the latest version of a webpage. So make sure you download the latest data from any website.

To clear your browser cache follow the next steps.

1. Clear browser data (cache) in Microsoft Edge with the keyboard shortcut.

Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del]
A new Window opens calles "Clear Browsing Data". Select the option "Cached images and files"
Confirm your selection by clicking the "Clear now" button

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When you clear your cache you will always load the latest version of a webpage. So make sure you download the latest data from any website.

To clear cache in your Firefox browser follow the next steps.

1. Clear browser data (cache) in Mozilla Firefox with the keyboard shortcut.

Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del]
A new Window opens calles "Clear recent history"
Select your time frame, Last Hour .... Everything
Select only the check mark in front of Cache. De-select all other check marks
Confirm your selection by clicking the "OK" button

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You should clear the cache off your Google Chrome browser periodically. This will ensure that your browser will perform efficiently and without slowing down or showing you old data.

To clear the cache in Google Chrome follow the next steps

The fastest way to clear your Google chrome cache is to use the keyboard short cuts to go directly to the cache removal screen.

On your computer, open Chrome.
Press all these keys at once: [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del].
Browse to Clear Browsing Data
Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.
Click the button Clear data.

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