How to remove Temporary Internet files
If you want to delete only your Temporary Internet Files,you can do the following:
When you are in your browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.)
Select [Tools] in your toolbar, the dropdown will have different options; the ones you will be interested in are the following:
Downloads ***check Downloads page before you delete this***
Clear recent History and
Options
Note: There are different ways to get to these options. The one is using the mouse to point and click on the tabs to select the option you want, or you can use shortcuts by using the Ctrl, Shift and Alt keys.
Using the {Alt} tab: Hold the alt tab down. To get Tools type T, to get Downloads type D, while holding the {Alt} key down. Try this and see what happens. That is why the letters are underlined. To make it obvious.
Using {Ctrl} and {Shift} keys: In your Browser (before selecting T for Tools)
To get the same as the above, press {Ctrl} and type J at the same time – this will give you the downloads screen.
Before you clear your space, make sure you don’t need any of the files you downloaded. Check it out here [Tools] Download or press {Ctrl J} simultaneously.
To remove the unwanted files:
{Ctrl Shift Delete} at the same time will take you to the delete history screen
{Alt} T for Tools, H for delete History – this will take you to the tools menu then the delete history menu.
Note: All the downloads you do, go to the downloads folder you specify, the default is usually your desktop. If it is the desktop, this can make your startup process very long.
- Rather have your downloads folder in your ‘My Documents’ folder, as this means it will get backed up, if and when you do backups. If you have to restore, you will know which applications you have downloaded and can then re-install them, otherwise, you may forget and not have the same functionality as before.
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