How To: Clearing Your Cache

Most Internet browsers store files from websites to help load the page faster in the future.  These can be called Temporary Internet Files, or Cache.  For the most part these are useful, but sometimes they can cause new information not to load because the browser will revert to the stored files instead of loading the updated ones.

This can be easily remedied by clearing the cached files from your browser.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Press CTRL + SHIFT + DEL
  2. Time Range to Clear: Everything
  3. Ensure only Cache is selected
  4. Select Clear Now
  5. Close your browser and re-open it to reload the page with the new content

Firefox Clear All History screen

Microsoft Internet Explorer

  1. Press CTRL + SHIFT + DEL
  2. Ensure only Temporary Internet files is selected
  3. Select Delete
  4. Close your browser and re-open it to reload the page with the new content

Internet Explorer Delete Browsing History screen

Google Chrome

  1. Press CTRL + SHIFT + DEL
  2. Obliterate the following items from:  The beginning of time
  3. Select Empty the cache.  Ensure everything else is unselected
  4. Select Clear Browsing data
  5. Close your browser and re-open it to reload the page with the new content

Google Chrome Clear browsing data screen

Apple Safari

  1. In Safari version 5.0.x or lower: Select Safari > Empty Cache
  2. In Safari 5.1.x:  Select Safari > Reset Safari
    1. Ensure only Remove all website data is selected (Note:  This will remove all active website logins)
    2. Select Reset
    3. Close your browser and re-open it to reload the page with the new content

Reset Safari screen