The default size of your cache is around 5000 kilobytes (or 5 MB). You might want to decrease this if you need to free up space on your hard drive. You might want to increase this if you have a lot of free space on your hard drive. A larger cache means th at you can go back to more recently-visited pages more quickly.

To change the size of 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 the Settings button under Temporary Internet Files. Move the slider to choose the amount of disk space you want the cache to use. With Macintosh, enter the new size for the cache in the Size field.
4. Click OK, then click OK, again.

To change the size of 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. Type the new size of the disk cache in the Disk Cache field.
5. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

To change the size of your cache with Netscape Navigator 3

1. Click the Options menu, then click Network Preferences.
2. Click the Cache tab.
3. With Windows, type the new size of the disk cache in the Disk Cache field. With Macintosh, adjust the size of the disk cache with the up and down arrows beside Cache Size.
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 clear my cache?

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