{"id":2375,"date":"2018-06-08T14:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.natsci.colostate.edu\/cnsit\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2018-06-08T14:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T20:35:15","slug":"firefox-clearing-cache-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/firefox-clearing-cache-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox &#8211; Clearing Cache &#038; Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To clear the Cache and Cookies in the Firefox browser, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Open Firefox browser and press the Alt key + T<\/p>\n<p>2. This will select the Tools menu and a drop down menu will appear, select Options<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2622 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1132\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture3-1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture3-1-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1132px) 100vw, 1132px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Select the Privacy &amp; Security panel on the left<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2623 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tempsnip.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tempsnip.png 967w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tempsnip-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tempsnip-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Scroll down to the Cookies and Site Data section and select Clear Data<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2627 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"979\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture4-1.jpg 979w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture4-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture4-1-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Check the box next to Cached Web Content and leave Cookies and Site Data unchecked<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 On the far right select Clear<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2580 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture5.jpg 565w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Capture5-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Close the Preferences page. Any changes you made will be saved automatically<\/p>\n<p>8. You have successfully cleared the Firefox cache<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To clear the Cache and Cookies in the Firefox browser, follow these steps: 1. Open Firefox browser and press the Alt key + T 2. This will select the Tools menu and a drop down menu will appear, select Options &nbsp; 4. Select the Privacy &amp; Security panel on the left 4. 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