How to clear a web browser cache When you visit a web page with your web browser it caches the layout and graphics of the pages to files on your hard drive. When you open these pages again within a short period of time it will show you the cached version if the content of the page hasn't changed. This is done to speed up the page rendering process since loading images from a hard drive is exponentially faster than loading them from internet. Sometimes, that cache gets corrupt or the web browser fails to recognize new changes on the remote web page. In such situations you may be looking at an outdated cached version of the page or you may see garbled images or text or the elements of the web page may be missing altogether. You will need to clear the cache to force the browser to reload the pages. Clearing the cache is the first step in troubleshooting web browser problems. Clearing the cache in Safari and Firefox In Safari go to the Safari menu as show on the picture and choose Empty cache… Click Empty when the confirmation pops up to clear the cache. This is it:) In Firefox go to the Tools menu and choose Clear Private Data… In the Clear Private Data window uncheck all the options except for Cache. Click the Clear Private Data Now button. You're done. | BACK TO HELP PAGE | GO TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE |

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