Clearing Your Browser's Cache Memory

Clearing your cache can significantly improve the speed andperformance of your browser. The following procedures provide steps toclear the cache memory for a variety of browsers:

Clearing Cache on Opera 7.x

1. Click Tools and select Preferences on the Opera menu bar.
   
   
   
   
2. Click History and cache.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Clear Memory Cache button.
4. Click the Clear Disk Cache button.
5. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Safari 1.0 / Safari 1.0 for Macintosh OS X

1. Open Safari.
2. Select Empty Cache.
3. Click Empty on the Are you sure message box.
4. Exit and relaunch the browser.

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Clearing Cache on Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01, 4.5, and 5.0 for Macintosh®

1. Click Edit and select Preferences on the Internet Explorer menu bar.
2. Click the arrow beside Web Browser.
3. Click Advanced
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4. Click Empty Now.

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Clearing Cache on America Online® 5.0 (32 bit)

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click the General Tab.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Delete Files.
5. Click OK.
   
   

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Clearing Cache on America Online® 6.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click Delete Files.
4. Click OK.
   
   

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Clearing Cache on America Online® 7.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click Delete Files.
4. Click OK.
   
   

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Clearing Cache on America Online® 9.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click Delete Files.
4. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click the General tab.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Delete Files.
5. Click OK on the Delete Files dialog box.
   
   
   
   
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click the General tab.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Delete Files.
5. Click OK on the Delete Files dialog box.
   
   
   
   
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0

1. Click Start, select Settings and Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options to open Internet Properties.
3. Click the General tab.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Delete Files.
   NOTE: Do not select Delete Cookies.  Delete Cookies removes all the cookies stored on the computer.
5. Click OK on the Delete Files dialog box.
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Netscape® Communicator / Navigator 4.0

1. Click Edit and select Preferences on the Netscape menu bar.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Clear Memory Cache button.
5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button.
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Netscape® Communicator / Navigator 6.0

1. Click Edit and select Preferences on the Netscape menu bar.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Advanced.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Cache.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Clear Memory Cache button.
5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button.
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Netscape® Communicator / Navigator 7.0

1. Click Edit and select Preferences on the Netscape menu bar.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click the Clear Memory Cache button.
5. Click the Clear Disk Cache button.
6. Click OK.

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Clearing Cache on Mozilla Firefox 1.x

1. Click Tools and select Options on the Mozilla Firefox menu bar.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Privacy Icon on the Option menu bar to open the Privacy Properties.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Clear button across from the Cache option.
4. Click Ok to save settings.
5. Exit and relaunch the browser.

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Clearing Cache on Mozilla Firefox 2.x

1. Click Tools and select Options on the Mozilla Firefox menu bar.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Privacy Icon on the Option menu bar to open the Privacy Properties.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Settings button in the Private Data section (see above)
4. This will open the Clear Private Data window (see below)
   
   
   
   
5. In the Clear Private Data window, make certain that Cache is checkmarked. You may checkmark other options as well, if you wish.
6. Click Ok to save settings.
7. Exit and relaunch the browser.

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