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Today we will find out how to clear firefo browser history and cache x, which tends to get cluttered from time to time, waste your disk space storing temporary files, and sometimes cause various errors and problems. I will give detailed instructions for one of the most famous browsers - Mozilla Firefox. I will explain what exactly should be removed, in what cases and what the consequences will be. Go!
How to Clear History and Cache of Mozilla Firefox Browser
Access to the window through which we will delete the history and cache can be obtained in at least three ways. I will show you the best option.
Click on the three sticks in the upper right corner of Firefox. This is where the options menu hides. Choose Magazine.
Clicked on the Journal, now select Delete history...
And the window we need pops up Deleting all history. By the way, the fastest way to call it is to use the hotkey combination Ctrl+Shift+Del, you do not even need to go into the settings and click the Journal in the menu. This is a note for fans of hotkeys and fast work at the computer;)
Here you choose for how long you want to delete your history and cache - for the last hour, two or four hours, for today, or in general for the entire time of work. I have everything. In the details, you can choose what to delete. Then press Delete now.
I will briefly describe the items available in the Details:
History of visits and downloads. The lists of sites that you visited, the www-addresses that you typed in the address bar, as well as the list of downloaded files are deleted. The downloaded files themselves are not deleted anywhere!
Forms and search history. These are the data that you filled in the fields on various sites, for example, name, e-mail address, etc. That is, when you click in the input field, a list of the last entries that you typed in this field falls out. These entries are deleted. The history is also deleted from the search box at the top, from this window:
Cookies. They are cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies :) Thanks to cookies, sites remember you when you log in to them. If you delete all cookies, then you will log out in all sites where you now go without passwords (Vkontakte, Facebook and others). This means that you will have to re-authorize on all sites, remember logins, passwords, appearances ... Provided that you do not use a special password manager, of course. Therefore, you can uncheck cookies to leave them.
Cache. He is a cache or cache. This is the very thing for which we started cleaning procedures. All temporary files stored here are stored when you first visit a resource - pictures, html pages, videos, javascripts, css files. Thanks to the cache, repeated visits to the same site will be faster. But storing all this junk consumes precious disk space. Therefore, it is useful to periodically clear the cache. This item is always checked by me.
Active sessions. This means that if you have logged in to any site since the last launch of the browser, then this will be considered an active session and you will log out from it. Marked or not, it doesn't make much of a difference.
Offline website data. Some sites can leave their files for offline work with them without the Internet. I have not yet met with such, the Internet is almost always and everywhere. Therefore, for me personally, there is no difference whether this item is checked or not.
Site settings. The settings of individual sites are cleared, for example, you set the scale to 150% for a particular site somewhere or allowed a pop-up blocker exception for another site. These settings are deleted at this point.
Two more ways to call the window for deleting history and cache
For a snack, I will describe the longest way to call the Delete all history window. Go to Settings -> Privacy -> click the link Delete your recent history.
No, no, no, that's not all! Did I mention that there are at least three ways to bring up the window?)
Firefox is open in front of you right now. Press the left (or right) Alt key and a horizontal menu will appear at the very top. Go to Magazine -> Delete recent history...
Summing up
If this is your personal browser, you are logged in to many sites, then I recommend leaving all the checkboxes checked, except for cookies, so as not to waste time re-authorizing on your favorite sites. The main point here is the cache.
If you are logged in somewhere on someone else's computer, then delete the entire history along with the cache and cookies when you are done. Or switch to incognito mode, then you won’t have to delete it, when you close the browser window, the entire history will be erased.
Were you able to clear the cache? If you had some kind of problem due to the cache - did you manage to solve it? Write, let's discuss.
Like any other browser, Mozilla collects information about the pages you open in its cache, a temporary storage. Due to this, you can quickly open a site that you have recently launched. This, in turn, allows you to increase the speed of launching sites and significantly save traffic. This is especially true for people who do not have unlimited Internet.
As you work in the browser, its cache begins to fill up. This further affects the work of the program - it starts to hang. In this regard, it is advisable to regularly clear the cache of Firefox or any other browser with which you work.
Go to Settings
How to clear the cache of the Mozilla Firefox browser? You need to go to the browser settings and go to a special section. Consider the process of clearing the cache in Firefox in more detail.
1. In the upper right corner we find the icon in the form of three parallel lines. We click on it.
2. In the small window that appears, click on the “Settings” section. It will have a gear icon. Another way is to copy and paste the following address into the address bar: about:preferences.
3. Go to the "Additional" block.
4. Open the third tab "Network".
5. Click on the "Clear Now" button.
It is also possible to automatically clear the cache in the Mazila Firefox browser. All information will be deleted after each browser close. How to set it up?
1. Open the tab with the settings, as in the previous instructions. You can also enter the following in the address bar: about:preferences#privacy. It would be easier, of course, to copy.
2. We pass here already to the "Privacy" section.
3. Select the "History" block.
4. Check the box next to "Clear history when Firefox closes".
5. Click on "Parameters" next to this phrase.
6. We mark the item "Delete cache".
7.Click on OK and close the tab. All changes made will be changed.
If you want to delete the entire browsing history at once, along with downloaded files, use the following instructions:
1.Click on the icon with three stripes. Select the "Journal" section this time.
2. Click on the "Delete History" option in the new small menu.
3.A window will open where you must select the types of data to be deleted from the computer's memory. Also select the period for which you want to delete the data in the drop-down menu. Be sure to check the box next to the cache and cookies. Other types of files are also temporary and may slow down the browser.
4.Click on the "Delete Now" button.
We use add-ons
You can also clear the browser cache using extensions, for example, using the Empty Cache Button.
2.Click on the green Add to Firefox button.
3. Confirm the installation in a small window that appears on the left side of the site.
4.Restart your browser. When the program starts again, the add-on will already be installed in it. We are starting to use it.
5. Find its red and blue icon on the top bar of the browser. Click on it. The cache will be cleared immediately.
As you can see, clearing the cache using the extension is extremely convenient, since you do not need to get into the Settings. Everything happens at the click of a button.
Where is the cache located?
If you are already an advanced PC user, then you are probably wondering where this cache is located. Copy the following link into the address bar: about:cache?device=memory.
Click on the phrase List Cache Entries highlighted in blue. A list of entries will open. It allows you to get information about previously visited sites when, for example, the Internet is turned off.
How to clear the cache in Mozilla Firefox? This can be done in the standard way through the Settings or using a special add-on. The advantage of the latter is that it is downloaded once and allows you to get rid of the entire cache with one click on the icon in the top panel of the window.
You can also set up automatic cache cleaning in Firefox. In this case, all information will disappear every time the browser is closed.
Cache - hide. It is a buffer for saving images, data from visited pages and sites, provides quick access to them. Reduces the amount of traffic, speeds up the loading of previously visited web pages. Cache - memory with the highest access speed than the storage of the original data.
All this information is stored on the user's device, and accumulated can significantly affect performance. It is recommended to clear the cache regularly.
Where is Firefox's cache located - for advanced users
The folder provides an opportunity to get information about previously visited sites, suppose this can be convenient when the Internet is turned off. Opening it is simple - enter the combination " about:cache?device=memory" (without quotes). Click here List Cache Entries- list of entries.
Now let's look at how to clear the cache of the Mozilla Firefox browser. It is quite simple to do this, as a result, the browser will work much faster. Let's get started:
Clear Firefox cache after exit
You can also configure the cache to be deleted after each exit from the program. For this:
- We go to " Settings" or copy it to the address bar - about:preferences#privacy.
- Select the item " privacy».
- « Story».
- Put a check mark next to " Clear history when Firefox closes”, next to the checkmark, press the button “ Options».
- Here we set the mark " Delete cache».
Many Mozilla Firefox users eventually accumulate a rather large history of visiting various sites, respectively, a cache, which in turn worsens the browser. Therefore, many are thinking about how to get rid of it all. Let's elaborate on this issue.
How to clear the cache in Firefox
The Firefox cache is located in the following location - C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Your Profile\Cache
In order to clean it, you need to perform a few simple manipulations. Consider the case of Windows 7. In the new Firefox, the interface has changed a bit, so that the settings menu can be reached in several ways:
- Press the Alt key, after which you will have tabs at the top of the browser, that's where we look for the right one - "Tools" and select the "Settings" item in it
- In the upper right corner, click on the context menu button (the button in the form of three horizontal stripes) and then click on the "Settings" gear.
After you do this, a window with browser settings will open in front of you.
The only thing left is the small thing, in the window that opens, go to the “Additional” item, then select the “Network” tab and here click the “Clear Now” button.
That's all, clearing the cache of the Mozilla Firefox browser is completed.
Sometimes it is simply too lazy to clear the cache in Firefox, for this you can set it to automatically delete it.
Auto clear cache in Firefox
In the same settings window, go to the “Privacy” item, in the drop-down list, select “will use your history storage settings”. After selecting this item, you will have additional settings. Check the "Clear history when Firefox closes" checkbox.
After that, the "Options" button will become active, click it.
In this window, you should only check the "Cache" item and click "OK". Everything, automatic deletion of the cache is configured.
Interesting!
In order to see what is currently in the cache of your firefox, it is enough to write the following in the address bar - about:cache.
In this article, we will show you how to clear the cache in Mozilla Firefox. The cache of the Mozilla Firefox browser stores on your computer the websites, pages, scripts, pictures and videos that you have viewed, using it to look up this data. Such an action has its expediency in increasing the speed of downloading data and unloading the Internet.
So, the main task of the cache is to speed up web surfing, because once visited pages, upon repeated request, are already retrieved from the memory of the PC itself, which speeds up the loading of the requested information.
Indeed, the cache contributes to the instant issuance of the requested information, if once it has already been opened in the Mozilla Firefox browser (Mozile), which is an indisputable advantage. However, in order to improve the speed of the operating system, it is necessary from time to time to clean up the personal computer from sometimes useless information that can “eat up” a lot of space in the memory of your hard drive. We will help you to cope with this task quickly and quite simply.
Step-by-step instructions for clearing the cache in the Mozilla Firefox browser (Mozile):
1. In the upper right corner of the browser window, you need to find a small icon with three horizontal stripes. When the next window with possible options opens, select the option " Settings».
2. In the window that opens, select the panel " Additional”, which is located in the upper right corner of the window.
3. Then select the "" tab, which is located slightly below the main window panel.
4. The section " Cached web content”, which will indicate the amount of memory that the cache occupies on your PC. Opposite this section there is a button " Clear Now”, you need to click on it.
5. And finally, click on the button " OK» to confirm the action.
We also offer you instructions for setting up automatic cache cleaning, which will be performed after each completion of work with the Mozilla Firefox browser:
1. In the upper right corner of the browser, you need to click on a small icon with three horizontal stripes.
2. Go to " Settings" and find the section "" in the top panel and go into it.
3. In the section " Story", where the Firefox browsing history settings are displayed, you must select" Won't remember history". Click OK and automatic cache cleaning is installed.
There is another easy way to clear the cache in the Mozilla Firefox browser. We propose to list the algorithm of its steps:
1. Going into the browser in the upper right corner of the monitor, we find a small icon with three horizontal stripes and go to a new window. There we select the item " Magazine", go to it, and then you need to click on the option" Delete recent history».
