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Each time you access a file through your web browser, the browser caches (stores) it. By doing this, the browser doesn’t have to newly retrieve files (including any images) from the remote web site each time you click A cookie is a file created by a web browser, at the request of a web site, that is then stored on a computer. These files typically store user-specific information such as selections in a form, shopping cart contents, or authentication data. Browsers will normally clear cookies that reach a certain age, but clearing them manually may solve problems with web sites or your browser.<\/p>\n A browser’s history is a log of sites that you visit. When you use a browser’s Notes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n To clear cache and cookies:<\/p>\n To clear history:<\/p>\n (Information on this page has been borrowed from Indiana University’s UITS Knowledge-Base (Link is now dead): https:\/\/kb.iu.edu\/data\/ahic.html) About cache, cookies, and history Each time you access a file through your web browser, the browser caches (stores) it. By doing this, the browser doesn’t have to newly retrieve files (including any images) from the remote web […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-networking","category-knowledge-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/3757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Back<\/code><\/strong> or Forward<\/code><\/strong>. You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently.<\/p>\nBack<\/code><\/strong> button, you are moving back one entry in the history log. Browsers will normally clear the history at regular intervals, but you may want to clear it manually for privacy.<\/p>\n\n
Help<\/code><\/strong> menu for “clear cache”. If you’re unsure what browser version you’re using, from the Help<\/code><\/strong> menu, select About [browser name]<\/code><\/strong>. In Internet Explorer and Firefox, if you don’t see the menu bar, press Alt<\/code>.<\/li>\nCommand-q<\/code>) your browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAndroid<\/h3>\n
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Menu<\/code><\/strong>, and then tap More<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nSettings<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClear cache<\/code><\/strong>, Clear history<\/code><\/strong>, or Clear all cookie data<\/code><\/strong> as appropriate, and then tap OK<\/code><\/strong> to accept (or Cancel<\/code><\/strong> to cancel) the deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nChrome<\/h3>\n
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Clear browsing history<\/code><\/strong>, Clear download history<\/code><\/strong>, Empty the cache<\/code><\/strong>, Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data<\/code><\/strong>).From the Obliterate the following items from:<\/code><\/strong> drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select the beginning of time<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClear browsing data<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFirefox<\/h3>\n
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Tools<\/code><\/strong> or History<\/code><\/strong> menu, select Clear Recent History<\/code><\/strong>.If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt<\/code> to make it visible.<\/li>\nTime range to clear:<\/code><\/strong> drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClear Now<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nInternet Explorer 8 and higher<\/h3>\n
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Tools<\/code><\/strong> or Safety<\/code><\/strong> menu, select Delete browsing history... <\/code><\/strong>.If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt<\/code> to make it visible.<\/li>\nPreserve Favorites website data<\/code><\/strong>, and select:\n\n
Temporary Internet files<\/code><\/strong> or Temporary Internet files and website files<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\nCookies<\/code><\/strong> or Cookies and website data<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\nHistory<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nDelete<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nInternet Explorer 7<\/h3>\n
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Tools<\/code><\/strong> menu in the upper right, select Delete Browsing History... <\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nDelete files... <\/code><\/strong>.To delete your cookies, click Delete cookies... <\/code><\/strong>.To delete your history, click Delete history... <\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClose<\/code><\/strong>, and then click OK<\/code><\/strong> to exit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nMobile Safari for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)<\/h3>\n
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Settings<\/code><\/strong>, and then tap Safari<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClear cookies and data<\/code><\/strong>, or Clear Cookies<\/code><\/strong> and Clear Cache<\/code><\/strong>. Confirm when prompted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
Safari<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nBookmarks<\/code><\/strong> icon.<\/li>\nClear<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nClear History<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nOpera<\/h3>\n
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Opera<\/code><\/strong> menu, select Settings<\/code><\/strong>, and then Delete Private Data... <\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nDelete<\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSafari<\/h3>\n
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Safari<\/code><\/strong> menu, select Reset Safari... <\/code><\/strong>.<\/li>\nReset<\/code><\/strong>. As of Safari 5.1, Remove all website data<\/code><\/strong> covers both cookies and cache.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"