Browser?
Browsers are software such as Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge, which are one of the most popular web browsers as of 2023. These software help you access information online through the internet. A web browser lets you access and navigate websites. The blog you are reading right now is in a website that is in a browser.
Interesting Facts about browsers:
- The first web browser was created in 1992 called “WorldWideWeb” by Tim Berners-Lee.
- It took Tim Berners-Lee two months to build the “WorldWideWeb” browser.
- In 2020, around 4.9 billion people were using web browser.
- Chrome is the most used browser as of 2023 to learn about the internet.
- There are about 200 web browsers in the world.
Cache?
In simple terms, cache improves your understanding of the internet. Cache is basically a storage that is placed in your browser without you knowing about it. It is used to make the performance better on a computer. Cache increases the speed of a computer by keeping files and lowers the time you spend on downloading them. The web browsers keep copies of images and other files, and this is called the cache. Once you downloaded something it stays in your system for a little time. Cache makes it easier to install images or other folders, which is great for people who do not have that much experience with computers.
When you go from one webpage to another webpage, browser cache stores the memory and allows you to go back to the webpage without downloading anything again. To make sure that the page displayed is latest, the browser checks the date of the cache with the current web page. After you finish the browsing, the cache keeps the storage on the disk.
How to clear browser cache?
Microsoft Edge:
- In Microsoft Edge browser, open the settings by clicking on the three dots at the top right corner.
- On the left side you will see a lot of options, click on the second option which is “Privacy, Search and Services”.
- Scroll Down a little, and you will see the “Clear Browsing Data”.
- There are going to be two options which are “Clear Browsing Data Now” or “Choose what to clear everytime you close the browser”. Choose the one you want to do.
- If you click on “Clear Browsing Data Now”, then you get to choose the time range of the cache that was stored.
- If you click on “Choose what to clear everytime you close the browser” option then you can turn on the different options such as, “Browsing History”, “Download History”, “Cookies and other site data” etc..
- Which ever options you turned on, those things will be cleared after you close the browser.
Google Chrome:
- Open the Chrome browser and then on the top right corner there are three dots, click on that.
- After clicking the three dots, hover on the “more tools” option.
- After clicking the “more tools” click on the “clear browsing data” option.
- After clicking the “clear browsing data” choose the time range.
- After choosing the time range, there are going to be three options.
- The options are “browsing history”, “Cookies and other site data”, and “Cached images and files”.
- Select the options you would like to clear, and then click on clear data.
