Ben Huson

1. Click on the “Safari”? menu
2. Select “Empty Cache…”

Sounds easy doesn’t it!
However, I find that this doesn’t always work, particularly if you are viewing Flash sites, so I tend to follow this slightly more lengthy procedure which usually works.

1. Close all open Safari windows
2. Click on the “Safari”? menu
3. Select “Empty Cache…”
4. Quit Safari
5. Relaunch Safari
6. Optionally, select “Empty Cache…” again, just to make sure

Internet Explorer (IE) 7.x (Windows):

1. Under the Tools menu at the top of your browser, select Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. In the Browsing History section of the General tab, click the Delete button.
4. Under Temporary Internet Files, select the “Delete Files…” button.
5. A dialog box will appear that says, “Are you sure you want to delete all temporary Internet Explorer files?” Click the Yes button.
6. In the History section of the General tab, click the Clear History button. A dialog box will appear that says, “Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?”?
7. Click the YES button.
8. Click close to leave the Browsing History section.
9. Click OK to leave Internet Options.
10. Click the Refresh button at the top of the browser

Internet Explorer (IE) 6.x (Windows):

1. Under the Tools menu at the top of your browser, select Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. In the Temporary Internet files section of the General tab, click the Delete files button.
4. A dialog box will appear that says, “Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files folder?”? Click the OK button.
5. In the History section of the General tab, click the Clear History button. A dialog box will appear that says, “Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?”?
6. Click the YES button.
7. Click OK to leave Internet Options.
8. Click the Refresh button at the top of the browser

Internet Explorer (IE) 5.x (Windows):

1. From the Tools drop-down menu at the top of the browser, select Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab at the top of the Internet Options dialog box.
3. In the Temporary Internet files section of the General tab, click the Delete files button.
4. A dialog box will appear that says, “Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files folder?”? Click the OK button.
5. In the History section of the General tab, click the Clear History button.
6. A dialog box will appear that says, “Delete all files from your History folder?”? Click the OK button.
7. Click OK to leave Internet Options.
8. Click the Refresh button at the top of the browser. (This button is to the right of the Stop button.)

Tip: If you have stored web pages for offline viewing, check “Delete all offline content”?

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 4.x and 5.x (Mac):

1. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
2. Click the arrow next to Web Browser to expand the menu, then choose Advanced.
3. In the Cache section of the window, click Empty Now.
4. Click OK to leave Preferences.

Internet Explorer (IE) 4.x (Windows):

1. From the View drop-down menu at the top of the browser, select Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab at the top of the Internet Options dialog box.
   In the Temporary Internet files section of the General tab, click the Delete files button.
3. A dialog box will appear that says, “Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files folder?”? Click the OK button.
4. In the History section of the General tab, click the Clear History button.
5. A dialog box will appear that says, “Delete all files from your History folder?”? Click the Yes button.
6. Click OK to leave Internet Options.
7. Click the Refresh button at the top of the browser. (This button is to the right of the Stop button.)

Tip: If you have Explorer 4.x Active Channel subscriptions, check “Delete all subscription content”? to delete cached channel content as well.

Internet Explorer (IE) 3.x:

1. Select “View > Options”? from the main menu
2. Change to the “Advanced”? tab
3. Click on “Settings”? button
4. Click on “Empty Folder”

Tip: If you’re running out of hard disk space, you could reduce percent of disk space used by Explorer 3.x for its cache by sliding the “Amount of disk space to use”? guage.

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.

1. Click ‘Edit’ from the Mozilla menubar
2. Click ‘Preferences’ from the ‘Edit’ menu
3. Expand the ‘Advanced’ menu by clicking the plus sign
4. Click ‘Cache’
5. Click the ‘Clear Cache’ button

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

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.