When you visit a webpage twice, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again. This sometimes results in less than current versions of web pages being displayed.
You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently. If you believe that you have a less than current version of a page or if you have made changes on the website and cannot view the changes then in that case follow the following steps listed below to clear the cache in your browser.
Firefox Browser
1 On the Browser select "Tools" and "Options" from the Firefox menu if you are using Mozilla Firefox as your Internet Browser.
2. Click the "Advance tab” , then Click the "Network" tab.
3. Click the "Clear Now" button in the "Cache" section.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2 .Click Tools in the left menu bar (if opened) or click on Tools in the lower right menu bar.
3. Click Internet Options and choose the General tab.
4. Click the Delete... button under the "Browsing History" section.
5. Make sure you uncheck "Preserve Favorites Website Data" at the top of this window.
6. Make sure you check all options below "Preserve Favorites Website Data".
7. Click the Delete button.
- Deleting files could take awhile if you have a lot of files and history.
8. Click OK to close window.
Google Chrome
1. Open Chrome
2. Click the Wrench Icon (Tools menu)
3. Select Options
4. Select Under the Hood on the left, click Clear browsing data... in the "Privacy" section.
5. Select the items you want to clear (e.g., Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and other site data).You can choose the period of
time for which you want to clear cached information from the Clear data from this period drop-down menu. To clear your entire cache, select everything.
6. Click Clear browsing data.
7. Close tab.Exit and re-launch the browser.
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