How do I clear my web browser's cache, cookies, and history?

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1 Hw d I clear my web brwser's cache, ckies, and histry? Ntes: If yu dn't see instructins belw fr yur specific versin r brwser, search yur brwser's Help menu fr "clear cache". If yu're unsure what brwser versin yu're using, frm the Help menu, select Abut [brwser name]. In Internet Explrer and Firefx, if yu dn't see the menu bar, press Alt. When trubleshting issues with any web site, after clearing yur brwser's cache and ckies, exit yur brwser cmpletely befre attempting t access the site again. In Windws, clse all yur brwser windws; in Mac OS X, quit (Cmmand-q) yur brwser. On this page: Abut cache, ckies, and histry Andrid Chrme Firefx Internet Explrer 8 and higher Mbile fr ios (iphne, ipd tuch, ipad) Opera Abut cache, ckies, and histry Each time yu access a file thrugh yur web brwser, the brwser caches (stres) it. By ding this, the brwser desn't have t newly retrieve files (including any images) frm the remte web site each time yu click Back r Frward. Yu shuld peridically clear the cache t allw yur brwser t functin mre efficiently. A ckie is a file created by a web brwser, at the request f a web site, that is then stred n a cmputer. These files typically stre user-specific infrmatin such as selectins in a frm, shpping cart cntents, r authenticatin data. Brwsers will nrmally clear ckies that reach a certain age, but clearing them manually may slve prblems with web sites r yur brwser.

2 A brwser's histry is a lg f sites that yu visit. When yu use a brwser's Back buttn, yu are mving back ne entry in the histry lg. Brwsers will nrmally clear the histry at regular intervals, but yu may want t clear it manually fr privacy. Andrid 1. Start yur brwser. 2. Tap Menu, and then tap Mre. 3. Select Settings. 4. Under "Privacy settings", select Clear cache, Clear histry, r Clear all ckie data as apprpriate, and then tap OK t accept (r Cancel t cancel) the deletin. Chrme 1. In the brwser bar, enter: chrme://settings/clearbrwserdata 2. Select the items yu want t clear (e.g., Clear brwsing histry, Clear dwnlad histry, Empty the cache, Delete ckies and ther site and plug-in data). Frm the Obliterate the fllwing items frm: drp-dwn menu, yu can chse the perid f time fr which yu want t clear cached infrmatin. T clear yur entire cache, select the beginning f time. 3. Click Clear brwsing data. Firefx 1. Frm the Tls r Histry menu, select Clear Recent Histry. If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt t make it visible. 2. Frm the Time range t clear: drp-dwn menu, select the desired range; t clear yur entire cache, select Everything. 3. Click the dwn arrw next t "Details" t chse which elements f the histry t clear. Click Clear Nw.

3 Internet Explrer 8 and higher 1. Frm the Tls r Safety menu, select Delete brwsing histry... If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt t make it visible. 2. Deselect Preserve Favrites website data, and select: Temprary Internet files r Temprary Internet files and website files Ckies r Ckies and website data Histry 3. Click Delete. Mbile fr ios (iphne, ipd tuch, ipad) T clear cache and ckies: 1. Frm the hme screen, tap Settings, and then tap. 2. At the bttm f 's settings screen, tap Clear ckies and data, r Clear Ckies and Clear Cache. Cnfirm when prmpted. T clear histry:

4 1. Frm the hme screen, tap. 2. At the bttm f the screen, tap the Bkmarks icn. 3. In the lwer left, tap Clear. 4. Tap Clear Histry. Opera 1. Frm the Opera menu, select Settings, and then Delete Private Data In the dialg bx that pens, select the items yu want t clear, and then click Delete. 1. Frm the menu, select Reset Frm the menu, select the items yu want t reset, and then click Reset. As f 5.1, Remve all website data cvers bth ckies and cache. Hw d I view and cntrl ckies in my web brwser? On this page: Chrme Firefx Internet Explrer 5.1 and later 5.0.x and earlier Chrme 1. Frm the Chrme menu in the tp right crner f the brwser, select Settings.

5 2. At the bttm f the page, click Shw advanced settings Under Privacy, select Cntent settings... T manage ckie settings, check r uncheck the ptins under "Ckies". T view r remve individual ckies, click All ckies and site data... and hver the muse ver the entry. Select the X that appears next t the ckie t remve it. T delete all ckies, click All ckies and site data...and select Remve all. Firefx 1. Frm the Tls menu, select Optins. If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt t make it visible. 2. At the tp f the windw that appears, click Privacy. T manage ckie settings, frm the drp-dwn menu under "Histry", select Use custm settings fr histry. Enable r disable the settings by checking r unchecking the bxes next t each setting: T allw sites t set ckies n yur cmputer, select Accept ckies frm sites. T specify which sites are always r never allwed t use ckies, click Exceptins. T accept third-party ckies, check Accept third-party ckies. In the "Keep until:" drp-dwn menu, select the time perid yu wish t keep ckies n yur cmputer. T specify hw the brwser shuld clear the private data it stres, check Clear histry when Firefx clses. Click Settings... Check the items t be cleared when yu clse Firefx. T view r remve individual ckies, click remve individual ckies. T remve all ckies, frm the Histry menu, select clear yur recent histry. Click the arrw next t "Details" t expand the menu, check the items yu want t clear, and then click Clear Nw.

6 Internet Explrer 1. Frm the Tls menu, r the Tls drp-dwn at the upper right, select Internet Optins. If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt t make it visible. T manage ckie settings, select the Privacy tab and click Advanced. T verride the autmatic ckie settings, click Override autmatic ckie handling and then make yur selectins using the radi buttns. T view r remve individual ckies, select the General tab. Under "Brwsing histry", click Settings. Select either View bjects r View files. T delete all ckies, under "Brwsing histry", click Delete... Check Ckies and then click Delete. This cntent is adapted frm Micrsft Help and Supprt article Nte: T determine the versin f yu're using, frm the menu, select Abut. 5.1 and later 1. In, frm the menu, select Preferences In the preferences windw, click Privacy. T manage ckie settings, next t "Blck ckies", select Frm third parties and advertisers, Always, r Never. T view r remve individual ckies, click Details... Select the ckie t delete and click Remve. T delete all ckies, select Remve All Website Data...In the windw that appears, select Remve Nw. 5.0.x and earlier 1. In, frm the menu, select Preferences In the preferences windw, click Security.

7 T manage ckie settings, next t "Accept Ckies:", select Always r Only frm sites yu navigate t. T disable ckies, select Never. T view and delete individual ckies, click Shw Ckies. In the sheet that drps dwn, yu can brwse the list f ckies n yur cmputer. T delete all ckies, click Shw Ckies. In the windw that appears, select Remve All.