In the digital age, we do a lot of things online and leave our traces in the process. While we are on the Internet, the browser we use stores the pages we visit and their content, such as scripts, graphics and search entries. This content is stored in the cache.
The advantage: Many processes on individual pages are accelerated.
The disadvantage: the traces we leave behind on the net remain stored. In this article you can read how to clear your cache under the appropriate browser.
Firefox offers two ways to clear the cache: The manual and the automatic clearing.
Manually you can clear the cache in Firefox as follows.
Click on the menu button (three dashes on top of each other) to the left of the URL bar and select the "Settings" menu item.
Navigate with the mouse to the "Advanced" section and click on it.
Then navigate with the mouse to the "Network" tab and click on it.
Navigate with the mouse to the "Cached web content" section and click the "Clear now" button.
Finally, exit the "Settings" tab by closing it.
All the changes you have made will be automatically saved when you close it and the cache will be cleared.
If you don't want to go through this effort every time after you've surfed the web, you can also set Firefox to auto-empty. Auto-empty is activated whenever Firefox is closed. This is how you proceed if you want to make these settings.
Click on the menu button (three dashes on top of each other) to the left of the URL bar and select the "Settings" menu item.
Navigate with the mouse to the section "Privacy".
Set the drop-down list "Firefox will set the history to..." and select "by custom settings".
Here you will find the selection "Clear history when Firefox is closed". Put a check mark there.
Now click on the "Settings" button. The settings window for deleting the history will open.
Here you can set the checkmark next to the term "Cache".
Click "OK" to close the settings for the history.
Finally, close the "Settings" tab by clicking on it.
Click on the Chrome menu next to the browser
Click "More tools".
Click "Clear browser data".
Check the box "Clear cache".
Select the time period at the top.
Finally, select "Clear browser data".
Click on "Safari" next to the browser.
Click on Preferences. A window will open. Click on "Advanced".
Put a check mark at "Menu Developer". This item will now appear in the menu bar, where you can click on it.
Then click on "Clear cache memory".
Select the "View" button in the Internet Explorer menu.
Now click "Internet Options
Under the "Temporary Internet files" section select Delete files.
All changes will be saved when you close the application.
Clearing the cache requires only a few clicks and is possible in all browsers. Use this option to protect your data as much as possible!
