In this post we will be looking at How to Clear Cache in Windows and MacBook Laptops or PC and how to clear the browser cache on a PC.
INTRODUCTION
If your laptop has become slow or is consuming more storage, then it could be because of cache files. Cache is a temporarily stored data file that helps your computer to speed up the process. These are the data that are stored when you had run a program the previous time. This is done so that if you are launching the program again then it won’t take much time to launch and in processing. But the cache files make your laptop slow and consume some storage. You can delete them without any hesitation as they are temporary files and won’t affect anything on your PC. Let’s know how you can delete the cache files on a Windows or Mac laptop.
HOW TO CLEAR CACHE IN WINDOWS LAPTOP.
Cache can be cleared on a Windows laptop in two ways – via Disk Cleanup and Storage settings. Here’s how to use both methods to clean temporary cache files on a Windows laptop.
- Using Disk Cleanup App
- Open your desktop, click on the Start menu, and then type ‘Disk Cleanup’
- Press Enter and a pop-up window will appear.
- Make sure that the pop window’s name is Disk Cleanup for (C:). Once confirmed, select the temporary files. You can also mark other files accordingly.
- Click OK and all the marked files will be cleared within a few seconds from your windows laptop.
- Using Storage Settings
- Go to Windows Settings on your PC. You can press Windows key + I to open the option faster.
- Click on System and find the storage option on the left menu.
- Open the Storage menu and on the right side of the screen, click on Configure Storage Sense or Run it Now.
- Now, a new screen will appear where you will have to tick the Delete temporary files box.
- At the bottom, click on Clean Now and all your temporary files will be removed.
HOW TO CLEAR CACHE ON A MACBOOK
Deleting a cache file on a Mac laptop isn’t that easy and it will take more steps. However, once the temporary files are cleared, your computer will become faster. Here’s how you can delete the cache files on a Mac laptop/PC.
- On the top left corner of your home screen, click on the Go option in the finder section.
- Scroll below and click on the Go to Folder option.
- Now, type Library/Caches/.
- Select all subfolders in the Cache section and delete them.
- Don’t forget to delete all the files from the bin as well.
That’s it, your temporary files have been deleted from your Mac laptop.
HOW TO CLEAR THE BROWSER CACHE ON A PC.
When you browse through the internet and visit different sites, your browser saves several contents and data in temporary storage. This temporary storage is called “cache”. To get rid of the fluff you should clear the cache from time to time. In the following step by step guides we will show you how to achieve that in the different browsers on your pc.
- How to clear the cache in Microsoft Edge: When Websites are not loaded with the latest data, it could be because you have to delete cached files, in order to let the browser, download new data. To empty the cache, you can follow one of the instructions below:
- Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del].
- A new Window opens. Select the option “temporary services and files”.
- Confirm your selection by clicking on the “delete” button.
- How to clear the cache in Opera: To delete the cache from the Opera browser, you can follow one of the following instructions. Similar to other browsers you can delete the cache with a keyboard-shortcut. The following instruction shows how to do it step by step.
- Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [del] on your Keyboard. A new window opens, where you can setup the options to delete the cache.
- Select the period “since installation”, to empty the whole browser cache.
- Check the Option “Images and Files in Cache”.
- Confirm your settings, by clicking the button “delete browser data”.
- Refresh the page.
- How to clear the cache in Internet Explorer 11: Like in most other Browsers you can access the browser cache delete-options for IE 11 in different ways.
- Press the [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del] Key together. A Popup-Window opens. “Delete browser history”.
- Remove all checks except the selection “Temporary Internet files and website files”.
- Click on the Button “Delete” to empty the browser cache. In comparison to other browsers there is no option to select the time period. You’ll delete all cache data.
- Reload the page.
- How to clear the cache in Mozilla Firefox: If some websites cause issues when loading or don’t show updated contents, it’s possible that it’s because of the cache. Get to know, how to delete the cache in the browser Mozilla Firefox. For deleting the browser cache with a shortcut in Firefox please follow these steps:
- Press following keys at once: [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del]. A Popup opens with the title “Clear recent history”.
- In the dropdown menu, you can define the time range you want to delete the cache. You have the following options: last hour, last two hours, last four hours, today or all.
- To delete all data, select “All” from the dropdown-menu…
- Afterwards, click on the arrow next to “Details” and toggle the different possibilities to choose which data should be deleted. If you want to delete only the cache, then only mark the checkbox next to “Cache”.
- With a click on the button “clear now” you delete the cache.
- Reload the site afterwards.
- How to clear the cache in Google Chrome: The fastest way to get rid of the cache data in Google Chrome is the option “Clear Browser cache”. You can access this function with the following shortcut:
- Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del]. Be sure you press all the keys at once.
- A new window opens: “Clear Browser cache”.
- Here you can select in the upper dropdown-menu, for which time period you want to delete the cache data. You can select between “last hour”, “last day”, “last week”, “last four weeks” or “all”.
- If you want to delete all cache date, select “all”.
- Check the box in front of “Images and Files in Cache”.
- Submit your selection by clicking the “Delete Browser data” Button.
- Reload your site.