Today, we’ll look at a few methods to clear the Firefox cache . I will also tell you why and why you need to perform this operation. You will see how easy and useful it is to periodically flush the cache in your browser. Provided that everything happens in seconds.
Description
First, it’s worth figuring out what a cache (or cache) is. Cache is a special internal storage of your browser. It stores temporary files that have been downloaded from the portals. For example, a recently watched video or a listened to audio track. The main goal of such storage is to speed up the browser. Let's say that you have a slow Internet connection, then you can preload the video file, which will go to the cache. You can arbitrarily configure the allocated size of temporary storage. Next, you'll learn how to clear your cache in Firefox.
Instruction manual
Clearing the cache memory can be easily done using standard tools of the program itself. In our case, we are talking about the Firefox browser. Here, first you need to go to the log of viewed sites and already from there remove the temporary storage. Below I describe this process in more detail.
- Open a browser and click on the program icon in the upper left corner.
- In the right part of the context menu you will find the “Journal” tab. Click on it.
- Select Clear Recent History.
- Next, a new window will appear with a choice of operations and a time interval. You need to put a tick in front of “Cache” and set “Clear” for all time (All).
- Click the "Clear Now" button.
Additional Information
You can always use hotkeys. So, for example, you can skip the second and third steps in the previously stated instructions, and press the key combination CTRL + SHIFT + DEL on the keyboard. Choose a time interval depending on the situation. Remember, if you clear the Firefox cache with the “All” option, then the entire history of browsed sites and saved content will be deleted. This means that the program will have to reload all the page elements that you will visit. In the Mozilla Firefox browser, you can clear the cache through the settings, but there is no difference between these methods.
Why do this
For beginners, a logical question may arise: “Why do this at all?” The fact is that if you do not periodically release the temporary storage, it will overflow. As a result, unnecessary information will be stored on the hard drive, and it will be more difficult for the browser to navigate in a large number of files. All this leads to disastrous results. To avoid this, just clear the Firefox cache. You can configure the browser to automatically delete the cache when a certain mark of occupied memory is reached. This helps to save you from unnecessary trouble. Alternatively, alternative cache removal methods may be used. But they require the installation of third-party software. Such programs have advanced functionality where you can delete files from temporary storage simultaneously in several browsers.
Conclusion
As you can see, clearing the Firefox cache is quick and easy. If you use the Internet very often, in particular the Firefox program, then your browser just needs to delete the stored memory daily.