There is every chance that your web browser stores up cache files while you are browsing and downloading data. The data is stored as cache files so as to give you quicker access next time you search for it. Thereby there is a faster retrieving of data taking place every time you browse the content. In this article, we will get to know the few steps of clearing cache in Mozilla Firefox.
Mozilla Firefox or just simply Firefox is a free web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The Firefox browser is freely available for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Illumos and Solaris operating systems. When you browse data through the Firefox browser it stores cookies and also some amount of cache data. This cache data stores up space from the system’s hard disk. Clearing the cache data does no harm to your browser or browsing platform. This just expands the drive space which was previously used up by the cache data.
Clearing Cache Data in Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is improving its process to become the fast, clean and the top private browser. Clearing the Firefox cache does not require to be done every day. Firefox cache stores local web data of recent pages. To clear the cache data in Mozilla Firefox here are a simple steps you need to follow.
Clearing Mozilla Firefox Cache
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser
Go to start, find Mozilla Firefox browser and open the browser. Or you can simply click on the Mozilla Firefox icon on the desktop to open it.
- Click on the Menu
After opening the Mozilla Firefox browser click on the Menu in the top right corner of the screen.
- Go to Options
In the menu, Go to options listed in the menu tab
- Go to privacy
In the options window you can find several options listed on the left side of the window. Find the privacy option and go to privacy.
- Click on Clear your recent history
In the privacy section, find the history tool and under that you can find clear your recent history. Click on clear your recent history.
- Clear all history tab
The clear all history tab gets opened. Select EVERYTHING in the Time range to clear option. Tick mark all the options and hit clear now.
By following the above illustrated steps, the cache content in Mozilla Firefox browser has now been cleared. Also go through how to clear the web cache content below.
Clearing Web Cache Content
To clear your cached Web content follow the below instructions.
1)Go to options in the Firefox Menu
2)Click on Advanced menu in the left column
3)Slide on to the Network Tab
4)In the cached web content section, hit clear now.
By following the above steps your web cache content and also the cache data in Mozilla Firefox has now been cleared by using some simple steps.
To conclude: Those are the simple steps to clear your cache data in Mozilla Firefox browser. For more of some interesting tech articles and stuff visit Morphigo.com and delve into some exciting content. Comment your views below in the comment section and do share the content. Cheers!
Also read:
- How to clear cache in Windows 10
- How to clear cache in Google chrome
- How to clear cache in Internet Explorer (IE)
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