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Clearing your web browser's cache.

A lot of issues that occur can quickly be solved by doing nothing more than clearing out the cache of the program you're experiencing issues with.

The following is a list of tutorials on how to clear out the cache on the most widely used browsers.

Firefox

  • Click the menu button and choose Options.

  • Select the Advanced panel.

  • Click on the Network tab.

  • In the Cached Web Content section click on Clear now.

  • You can now close the page, any changes you've made will automatically be saved.

Google Chrome

  • Navigate to your browser toolbar to the upper right and click the drop-down menu.

  • Click on More tools and then click on Clear browsing data.

  • In the "Clear browsing data" box, click the checkboxes for Cookies and other site and plug-in data and Cached images and files.

  • Use the menu at the top of the box to select the amount of data that you want to delete. Choose beginning of time to delete everything.

  • Click on Clear browsing data.

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11

  • Navigate to your browser toolbar to the upper right and click the Gear icon.

  • Click on Safety and then click on Delete browsing history...

  • Uncheck Preserve Favorites website data and check both Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and then click Delete.

  • You will get a confirmation at the bottom of the window once it has successfully cleared your cache and cookies.

  • Again navigate to your browser toolbar to the upper right and click the Gear icon.

  • Click on Tools and select Developer Tools.

  • In the Developer Tools window, click on Cache and select Clear Browser Cache...

  • Click Yes to confirm the clearing of the browser cache.

Microsoft Edge

  • Select Hub then History.

  • Select Clear all history.

  • Choose the types of data you want to remove, mainly Cache and Cookies then select Clear.

  • If you use Cortana and want to clear browsing history that's stored in the cloud, select Change what Microsoft Edge knows about me in the cloud, then select Clear browsing history*.*

Opera 10.50, 11 and newer

  • On your keyboard press CTRL+SHIT+DEL to bring up the menu.

  • Click on Detailed Options to show all of the options.

  • Click the checkboxes for Delete temporary cookies, Delete all cookies and Delete entire cache.

  • Click on the Delete button.

Safari 8, 9 and 10

  • Click Safari in the upper left corner.

  • In the menu that appears, click Preferences.

  • In the window that appears, click the Privacy tab.

  • Click the button Remove All Website Data...

  • Click Remove Now in the pop up window that appears.