Instructions for clearing your Internet Explorer cache.
Microsoft Internet Explorer keeps copies of pages to minimize the amount of new downloading required. However sometimes new content isn’t downloaded, and the locally cached (out of date) copy is used. If your cache is set to an enormous size (Which is the default IE setting), then over time the cache can even slow down browser performance. This is due to IE searching the cache for every page request, so as the cache grows it takes longer and longer to search. This also takes up valuable space on your hard drive. This is where clearing your internet explorer cache can help.

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Internet Explorer Version 7

1. Start Internet explorer and click on the Tools menu bar item, then Internet Options in the drop down menu.


2. The Internet Options window should open, then click the Delete… button in the Browsing History section of the window on the General Tab.


3. You now have a choice of either just deleting the Temporary Internet Files, or using the more brutal Delete all… button which will knock out all Cookies, History, Temporary Internet Files and stored passwords & saved form data.


4. Lastly is the deletion confirmation window, Click Yes and the deletion will begin, note that depending on the amount of data stored, this can take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes for your computer to clear the cache.

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Internet Explorer Version 5 - 6

1. Start Internet explorer and click on the Tools menu bar item, then Internet Options in the drop down menu.


2. The Internet Options window should open, then click the Delete Files… button in the Temporary Internet files section of the window on the General Tab.


3. Lastly is the deletion confirmation window, Click OK and the deletion will begin. This operation can take a few moments depending on size of cache to clear.

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