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How To Clear the Internet Cache in Firefox 10

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Clear All History Dialog Box - Clear Firefox Cache

Clear All History Dialog Box in Firefox 10

Clearing the Internet cache from Firefox 10 is often necessary to solve certain web page and browser problems that sometimes occur.

The Internet cache in Firefox 10 contains locally saved copies of recent web pages you've visited. This is done so that the next time you visit the page, Firefox can load it from your saved copy which will be much faster than loading it from the Internet.

Clearing the Internet cache in Firefox 10 is completely safe and should not remove any important data from your computer.

Follow the easy to follow steps below to clear the Internet cache from your Firefox 10 browser:

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Clearing the Internet cache in Firefox 10 usually takes less than a minute

Here's How:

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox 10.

  2. Click the Firefox button and then choose Options.

    Note: If you're using the menu bar, choose Tools and then Clear Recent History. Skip to Step 5 below.

  3. With the Options window now open, click the Privacy tab.

  4. In the History area, click the clear your recent history link.

    Tip: If you don't see that link, change the Firefox will: option to Remember history. You can change it back to your custom setting when you're done.

  5. In the Clear Recent History window that appears, set the Time range to clear: to Everything.

  6. In the list at the bottom of the window, uncheck everything except for Cache.

    Note: If you wish to clear other kinds of stored data, feel free to check the appropriate boxes. They will be cleared with the cache in the next step.

    Tip: Don't see anything to check? Click the button next to Details.

  7. Click on the Clear Now button.

  8. When the Clear Recent History window disappears, all of the files saved (cached) from your Internet browsing activities in Firefox will have been removed.

Tips:

  1. Older versions of Firefox, particularly Firefox 4 through Firefox 9, have nearly identical processes for clearing the cache but please try to keep the latest version of Firefox installed if possible.

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