Ben Huson

1. Click ‘Edit’ from the Opera menubar
2. Click ‘Preferences’ from the ‘File’ menu
3. Click the ‘History and Cache menu’
4. Click ‘Cache’
5. Click ok to close the Preferences menu

Tip: Although it’s not required by all browsers, it is a good idea to restart your browser after clearing the cache.

America Online (AOL) 9.x:

1. Click Settings on the AOL toolbar. Then select Index on the Settings page and click ‘Internet [Web] Options’? under ‘I’? in the alphabetized list.
2. Click the General tab at the top of the Internet Properties dialog box if it is not already selected.
3. In the Temporary Internet files section, click the Delete Files button. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘Delete all files in the Temporary Internet files’. Click the OK button.
4. In the History section, click the Clear History button. A dialog box will appear that asks, ‘Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?’ Click Yes.
5. Click OK to leave the AOL Internet Properties dialog box.
6. Close the Settings window.
7. Exit and restart America Online.

America Online (AOL) 7.x and 8.x:

1. Click Settings on the AOL toolbar. Then select Preferences.
2. Select Toolbar & Sound:
3. Click Clear History Trail Now. A dialog box will appear asking: ‘This will delete all of the areas you have visited. Do you want to continue?’ Click Yes. Click Save.
4. Select Internet Properties (WWW):.
5. Click the General tab at the top of the Internet Properties dialog box if it is not already selected.
6. In the Temporary Internet files section, click the Delete Files button. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files’. Click the OK button.
7. In the History section, click the Clear History button. A dialog box will appear that asks, ‘Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?’ Click Yes.
8. Click OK to leave the AOL Internet Properties dialog box.
9. Close the Preferences window.
10. Exit and restart America Online.

America Online (AOL) 6.x:

1. In the Settings menu, select Preferences. (This may be in a drop-down menu or it may be a button at the top of the browser.)
2. In the Organization column, click Internet Properties (WWW).
3. Under the Temporary Internet Files section, click Delete Files.
4. Click OK.
5. Exit and restart America Online.

America Online (AOL) 5.x:

1. Under the My AOL menu, select Preferences.
2. Click the Toolbar icon.
3. Click Clear History Now. A dialog box will appear asking: ‘This will delete all of the areas you have visited. Do you want to continue?’ Click Yes.
4. Click OK.
5. Click the WWW icon.
6. Click the General tab at the top of the AOL Internet Properties dialog box if it is not already selected.
7. In the Temporary Internet files section, click the Delete Files button. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files’. Click OK.
8. In the History section, click the Clear History button. A dialog box will appear that asks, ‘Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?’ Click Yes.
9. Click OK to leave the AOL Internet Properties dialog box.
10. Close the Preferences window.
11. Exit and restart America Online.

America Online (AOL) 4.x:

1. Select ‘My AOL | Preferences’ from the main menu
2. Click on the ‘WWW’ button
3. Change to the ‘General’ tab
4. Click on ‘Delete Files’ button

Tip: If you have Explorer 4.x Active Channel subscriptions, check ‘Delete all subscription content’ to delete cached channel content as well. If you have stored web pages for offline viewing, check ‘Delete all offline content’?

America Online (AOL) 3.x with Internet Explorer 3.x:

1. Select ‘Members | Preferences’ from the main menu
2. Click on the ‘WWW’ button
3. Click on ‘Advanced’
4. Click on ‘Purge Cache’ to clear the cache

Tip: Be sure to check ‘Cache web pages and graphics locally’ (which should be enabled by default) to speedup surfing.

Tip: Although it’s not required by all browsers, it is a good idea to restart your browser after clearing the cache. If you’re using Internet Explorer it’s sometimes better to restart your computer as well.

Netscape 6.x and 7.x (Windows, Mac):

1. From the Edit drop-down menu at the top of the browser, select Preferences.
2. A thread-hierarchy appears on the left of the Preferences dialog box. Click on the arrow to the left of Advanced.
3. Under the expanded Advanced portion of the hierarchy is Cache. Click the word Cache. This will change the right side of the Preferences dialog box.
4. Click the Clear Memory Cache button on the right of the Preferences dialog box.
5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button on the right of the Preferences dialog box.
6. Click OK to leave Preferences.
7. Click the Reload button at the top of your browser. (This button is to the right of the Forward button.)

Netscape 4.x (Windows):

1. Select ‘Edit > Preferences’ from the main menu.
2. Select ‘Advanced > Cache’ from the panel on the left.
3. Click the Clear Memory Cache button on the right of the Preferences dialog box.
4. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘This will remove all the files currently in your memory cache. Continue?’ Click the OK button.
5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button on the right of the Preferences dialog box.
6. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘This will remove all the files in your disk cache. Continue?’ Click the OK button.
7. Click OK until you leave Preferences.
8. Click the Reload button at the top of your browser. (This button is to the right of the Forward button.)

Tip: Navigator 3.x and Communicator 4.x users: If you’re often having to reload frequently updated pages, you may want to take this chance to set ‘Verify Documents’ option to ‘Every Time.’ This will make the browser retreive the latest copy of a web page even if it’s in the cache.

Netscape 4.x (Mac):

1. From the Edit drop-down menu at the top of the browser, select Preferences.
2. A thread-hierarchy appears on the left of the Preferences dialog box. Click to the left of the word Advanced to expand it.
3. The first item under the expanded Advanced portion is Cache. Click the word Cache. This will change the right of the Preferences dialog box.
4. Click the Clear Disk Cache button on the right of the Preferences dialog box.
5. A dialog box will appear that says, ‘This will remove all the files in your disk cache. Continue?’ Click the OK button.
6. Click OK until you leave Preferences.
7. Click the Reload button at the top of your browser. (This button is to the right of the Forward button.)

Netscape Navigator 3.x:

1. Select ‘Options > Network Preferences’ from the main menu.
2. Change to the ‘Cache’ tab.
3. Click on ‘Clear Memory Cache Now’ and ‘Clear Disk Cache Now’ buttons to clear memory and disk cache.

Tip: Although it’s not required by all browsers, it is a good idea to restart your browser after clearing the cache.

For information on how to clear your browser’s cache, please refer to the links at the bottom of this post.

Your browser cache consists of items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds and Web pages. Storing these files in your cache can make browsing the Web faster because your computer will be able to display cached items more quicklyas it won’t have to download them again from the Internet.

All the files stored in your cache take up disk space, so from time to time, you may want to clear out the files stored in your cache to free up some space on your computer.

Also, you may find that if you visit a web site has been recently updated and a previous version of this page exists in your cache, your computer may display the page in your cache. Therefore you will be viewing out-of-date information - clearing your browser’s cache should fix this problem.

• Clearing Netcape Browser Cache
• Clearing Internet Explorer Cache
• Clearing AOL Browser Cache
• Clearing Opera Browser Cache
• Clearing Mozilla Browser Cache