Delete temporary internet files or cached files
Your internet browser stores data from web pages in temporary internet files or cached files. On subsequent visits to a web page, your browser quickly loads the page from those files and downloads only new content from the website’s server. You may occasionally encounter issues where your browser displays the data from the temporary or cached file but fails to download new content.
Example
You might not see files that a client has recently uploaded for you. If you suspect that this is happening or you’re experiencing other issues, you should clear your temporary internet files or cached files and then try again.
The steps required to delete temporary internet files or cached files vary by browser. For your convenience, we’ve summarized the instructions for supported browsers below.
Apple Safari
In Safari, you can clear your browsing history or — if you prefer not to clear the history — follow the second set of steps to clear the caches.
Clear your browsing history
- Choose Safari > Clear History and Website data.
- In the popup, selectall historyfrom the drop-down list.
- Click the Clear History button.
Clear the caches
- Choose Safari > Preferences.
- Click Advanced.
- Mark theShow Develop menu in menu barbox.
- Choose Develop > Clear Caches.
Clear the cache on a Mac
- Choose Safari > Preferences.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Mark theShow Develop menu in menu barbox, and then close the Preferences window.
- Choose Develop in the toolbar, and select Empty Caches.
- Close and re-open Safari.
Google Chrome
To delete cached files in Chrome, follow these steps.
- Click theCustomize and control Google Chrome
button in the upper-right corner of the window and choose More tools > Clear browsing data. - In theTime rangefield, selectAll time.
- Mark theCached images and filesbox.noteIf necessary, clear theBrowsing historyandCookies and other site databoxes.
- Click theClear browsingbutton.
Microsoft Edge
To delete temporary internet files from Edge, follow these steps.
- In Edge, choose
> History.
- Click the Clear history link.
- Mark theCached data and filesbox.noteMark only theCached data and filesbox in the Clear browsing data panel.
- Click the Clear button.
Mozilla Firefox
To delete temporary internet files from Firefox, follow these steps.
- Click the Open menu
button in the upper-right corner of the window and click Settings. - Click Privacy and Security.
- In the Cookies and Site Data section, click Clear Data.
- Mark the Cached Web Content box.noteIf necessary, clear the Cookies and Site Data box.
- Click Clear.