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The Firefox cache temporarily stores images, scripts, and other parts of websites you visit in order to speed up your browsing experience. This article describes how to clear the cache.

Clear the cache

Shortcut for Windows users:
Open Firefox and press the CTRL+Shift+Delete keys

Shortcut for Mac users:
Open Firefox and press the Command+Shift+Delete keys

This screen will pop up on your Firefox screen, simply follow the steps and restart your browser.

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Older versions of Firefox
After opening Mozilla Firefox (if you don't have it open already).

On the menu bar at the top of your screen, select TOOLS, click on OPTIONS from the pull down menu, see screen below:

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This is the old Firefox Options dialogue box, click on the PRIVACY icon (labeled 1 in screen below) and then click on the CACHE tab (labeled 2 in screen below).

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You have the option of changing the amount of disk space Firefox uses for its cache, the value is in MB (Megabytes). The default value is 50MB, this is about right for most users, change if required.

Click the CLEAR CACHE NOW button to delete any files that are in the cache.

Then click the OK button and Restart Firefox.

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