You might want to delete all the files in your cache if they begin to occupy too much hard drive space, or if the files get out of date and no longer correspond to the files on the Web server.

To clear your cache with Internet Explorer

1. Click the View menu, then click Internet Options. With Macintosh, click the Edit menu, then click Preferences.
2. Click the General tab. With Macintosh, click Advanced in the right column.
3. Click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files. With Macintosh, Empty Now.
4. Click OK.

To clear your cache with Netscape Communicator 4

1. Click the Edit menu, then click Preferences....
2. Click the + ( with Macintosh ) next to Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
4. With Windows, click Clear Memory Cache, and Clear Disk Cache. With Macintosh, click Clear Disk Cache Now.
5. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

To clear your cache with Netscape Navigator 3

1. Click the Options menu, then click Network Preferences.
2. Click the Cache tab.
3. With Windows, click Clear Memory Cache, then click OK. Click Clear Disk Cache, then click OK. With Macintosh, click Clear Disk Cache Now.
4. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

Netscape Navigator 3 for Windows

Netscape Navigator 3 for Macintosh

Related Questions:

• What is my cache?
• How do I change the size of my cache?

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