How To Clear Browser Cache

Internet Explorer 6.x

1. Open your Internet Explorer 6 and go to the menu on the top of your screen
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options box should open to the General tab.
3. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. This will delete all the files that are currently stored in your cache.
4. Click OK, and then click OK again.

To Automatically Clear the Cache every time IE closes

1. Get to IE's Internet Options section by following the instructions above (if you're already here just proceed)
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Settings box, scroll down to the section labeled Security
4. Click the checkbox next to the Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed option
5. Click OK to finish

Internet Explorer 7.x

1. Open Internet Explorer 7 then press the Alt key on your keyboard to show the pulldown menus on the top of your browser
2. Click the Tools menu, then click Delete Browsing History.
3. Next to the heading Temporary Internet Files, click the button that says Delete Files..., then click Yes, then Close.

To Automatically Clear the Cache every time IE closes

1. Open Internet Explorer 7 then press the Alt key on your keyboard to show the pulldown menus on the top of your browser
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options box should open to the General tab.
3. On the General tab, in the Browsing History section, click the setting button.
4. In the Temporary Internet Files section click on Every time I start Internet Explorer
5. Click OK, and then click OK again.

Firefox 2 for Mac

1. Open Firefox
2. In the Tools pulldown menu click on Clear Private Data

Firefox 2 for PC

This browser is free and doesn't have any of the security flaws that Internet Explorer has and is generally a great browser to use.

1. Click Tools and select Options.
2. Click the Privacy icon.
3. Click Clear Now in the Private Data area.
4. Click Ok.
5. Exit and relaunch the browser.

Opera for Mac

like Firefox this is another great freely downloadable browser for mac or PC, also works with cel phones.

1. Go to the Opera menu and select Preferences
2. Click the Advanced tab
3. Click the History
4. Next to Disk Cache, click the empty now button
5. If you would like to disable caching totally, change the disk cache pulldown to off

Opera for PC

Like Firefox this is another great freely downloadable browser.

1. Go to the Tools menu and select Preferences
2. Click the Advanced tab
3. Click the History
4. Next to Disk Cache, click the empty now button
5. If you would like to disable caching totally, change the disk cache pulldown to off

Safari

1. Open Safari
2. Go to top menus and click the Safari menu
3. Select Empty Cache
4. Click Empty on the 'Are you sure' message box
5. Exit and relaunch the browser

AOL

Do not use the browser that comes with AOL, you can open another browser on your computer and use it instead as long as you're logged in to AOL.

1. Goto www.firefox.com and download and install the latest version of the Firefox browser.
2. Follow the directions above if Firefox is cached