How to clear the cache of the web browser to optimize its performance? Step by step guide

Many times it happens to us that our browser we start to see it a little slower than usual, it takes time to load the web pages that we frequently browsed without any type of inconvenience, also causing problems in the performance of our device.

This situation is because the cache memory of our browser is full and the way to clean it is very simpleWe will make steps that, if we follow it perfectly, we will again generate good performance on our computer.

In this article we are going to show you why the virtual memory of our browser is full and we will analyze all the step by step that we need to be able to clean the cache.

What is the cache memory of a browser and what is the data stored in it for?

The websites we visit especially those that we do more frequently, keep the information they have about us in cache.

When we talk about information we refer to all the data necessary for that page to identify us, to know the settings we have made. This is very useful so that when we visit that page again we do not have to dump our information on that site again.

But related data is not always stored in our browser for these purposes, which is to increase our experiences as users. It also serves to gather that information and send it to other sectors, which use our data to carry out market research or invasive advertising.

Why is it necessary to delete the data from the temporary memory of your browser?

Temporary data must be deleted from our browser because they accumulate in it and can cause conflicts with the same navigation, as well as generate a delay in loading pages or websites.

Also, it is necessary to delete them because malware or adware are usually hidden in these files that put our security at risk and also create potential dangers for our computer.

Steps to delete the cache of your web and mobile browser easily and quickly

To delete the cache, both from a web and mobile browser, we will have to follow the steps that we will mention according to the browser we have.

We will show you for each browser how we should do the steps to clean the cache correctly. In addition, we must take into account whether our browser is installed on a computer or on a mobile device.

Below, we detail the cases:

In Chrome

On our computer we will perform these steps:

• We open the browser
• We're going to "Plus" in the upper right
• We look for the option «More tools»
• We choose "Clear browsing data"
• We look for the time interval that we want to delete, in this case we will put «All periods»
• We select the boxes "Cookies and other site data" and Cached files and images
• Click on "Clear data"

On our mobile device, we will clear the cache like this:

• We open the browser
• We're going to "Plus"
• We select "Record"
• Click on "Clear browsing data"
• Later we look for the option that we want to delete in the time interval
• We choose «All periods»
• We check the boxes "Cookies and site data" and Cached files and images
• We select "Clear data"

In Firefox

To delete the files that are in the cache memory of our computer and we perform these steps:

• We open Firefox
• Tap on "Menu"
• We choose "Options"
• We select "Privacy & Security"
• We look for the option "Cookies and site data" and click on it
• We choose "Clean data…"
• Click on "Cookies and site data"
• We choose the option Cached web content
• We select "Clean"

If we want to clean the cache automatically we will carry out these steps:

• We'll go to "Menu"
• We click on "Options"
• We select the option "Privacy & Security"
• We choose "Record"
• We look for the option "Use custom settings for history"
• We check the box "Clear history when Firefox closes"
• We select "Clear history when Firefox closes"
• We choose the option "Setting" and then click.
• We seek "Settings to Clear History"
• We select "Cache"
• We choose to finish "To accept"

For our mobile device we will perform these tasks to delete the data stored in the cache:

• We're going to "Plus" at the top right of our screen
• We select "Setting"
• We click on "Delete private data"
• By default all the ticked options appear, if we wanted to delete only the cache we would have to deactivate all of them and choose "Cache"
• Tap on "Clean data"

In Opera

In our computer we can clean the cache of Opera if our operating system is Windows in this way:

• Once the browser is open we will select "Menu"
• We click on «Tools»
• We select "Options"
• We open the tab of "Advanced"
• Click on "Record"
• We select "Disk cache"
• We look for the option "Empty now"
• We choose "To accept"

When the operating system we use is MacOS, we do these steps:

• We select "Opera"
• Tap on "Preferences"
• We seek "Advanced"
• We press the option "Record"
• We're going to "Empty now"
• To finish we will select "Okay"

Now if our mobile device uses Opera as a browser, we will make this guide:

• Select a lower right part of the Opera logo
• We look for the option "Setting"
• We're going to "Privacy"
• We select "Delete navigation data…"
• We click on "Cookies and site data"
• We select "Clear data"

In Safari

When our browser is Safari, we will have to go to the computer and perform this procedure in Windows:

• We select "Menu"
• We're going to "Edition"
• We look for the option Empty cache
• We click on "Empty"

For a MacOS operating system, we will do these steps:

• Safari menu
• We select Empty cache
• We click on "Empty"

In order to delete the cache memory in our mobile with iOS operating system, we will follow these instructions:

• We're going to "Settings"
• We select "Safari"
• We look for the option "Clear website history and data"

If we only need to delete only cookies we should change by this procedure:

• We choose the option "Settings"
• We click on "Safari"
• We seek "Advanced" to then select it
• We seek "Website data"
• We choose the option "Delete all data"

In Microsoft Edge

To clear the cache memory when we use our Microsoft Edge browser we will have to follow these instructions:

• We select "Menu"
• We choose the option "Favorites"
• We perform in "Record"
• We mark the option "Cookies and saved website data"
• We click on "To accept"

If we use Cortana we will also have to delete the data stored in the cloud, for this we will carry out these steps:

• Favorites
• Record
• Change what Microsoft Edge knows about me in the cloud
• Delete activity
• To accept

For our mobile, we will open the Microsoft Edge browser and follow these steps step by step:

• We select "Settings"
• We click on "Privacy"
• We select "Clear browsing data"
• We choose the option "Cookies and site data"
• If we want to delete only this data we will have to deactivate the rest of the options that appear ticked by default.