Hello, friends.
We continue to talk about one of the most stable, secure and convenient browsers. We recently discussed and touched upon the issue of deleting temporary files.
Today we will look in detail at how to clear the cache in Chrome, what it is, why it is needed and where it is located, how it affects the operation of the program, and how often it needs to be cleared.
Every day we open our browser and visit many websites. We work on the Internet, communicate with colleagues, contractors and friends, look for the information we need, watch movies and listen to music.
You may have noticed that some websites load quickly, with text and images immediately appearing on the screen. Others take longer and you have to wait a few seconds. The speed at which a page appears on the screen depends on many factors:
- type and volume of information;
- correct configuration of the web resource;
- Internet speed;
- the power of your computer.
Besides, important has a question whether you have visited this resource before. If you opened it for the first time, the loading time will be longer than if you visit it again because the browser saves images and other content from the pages you visited.
This is a cache, in other words, temporary files in a special compressed form that allow you to speed up the program and save your time. Everything seems to be thought out and very logical, but if these materials accumulate, then we get the opposite effect. Over time, the browser begins to slow down, does not update page content well, and may display it incorrectly.
This is where our intervention and clearing of cookies and cache is required. But you don’t have to wait for the moment when you have to wait a couple of minutes for the next page to load. It is better to work proactively and clean it every 3 to 6 months.
How to delete cache on your computer
Google Chrome Works equally well on PCs running Windows 7 and later, laptops and mobile devices for Android. Therefore, I will first describe the process on the computer and then on the phone.
Through settings
The easiest way is through the settings. To get to them, go to the main menu of the browser. To do this, click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the program.
In the window that opens, go down and left-click on the “Additional” inscription. In the “Privacy and Security” section, find the “Clear history” item and click on it.
Now you need to remove the “birds” next to all items except “Images and other files saved in the cache.” Then we select the period, I most often use the “All the time” option, I don’t see the point in accumulating unnecessary materials on the disk. But you can set any time interval convenient for you from the list.
If you have not reset the cache for a long time, it will take some time, you will have to wait. It is advisable that this moment you had no urgent tasks that needed to be solved using a computer.
Through the “History” section
Click on the 3 dots, select “History” in the drop-down menu and again the subsection of the same name.
Now on the left we see the inscription “Clear history” and click on it. A window that is already familiar to us appears on the screen, in which you need to select the time period and type of data that you want to erase.
if you love quick solutions and are ready to remember “hot key” combinations, then press Ctrl + Shift + English T on your keyboard at the same time and you will find yourself in the “History” section.
Deleting files manually
Google Chrome automatically saves cached copies of files to HDD your computer or laptop. You can delete them through the program directory in Windows system.
To do this, go to the drive on which you installed the browser and follow this folder path: “Users” - “<Имя пользователя>” – “AppData” – “Local” – “Google” – “Chrome” – “User Data” – “Default” – “Cache”. Now you can delete all files in this partition. The result will be the same as when clearing the cache through the browser menu.
At first glance, this method seems complicated. But, in order not to go down such a long path every time, you can move the “Cache” folder to your desktop. To do this, click on it right click mouse, hover over the word “Send” and then select “Desktop”. Now you can reset Google Chrome cache quickly and regularly.
We use third-party programs
There is another way to remove temporary materials from your hard drive. Often used for this special program called “CCleaner”. In the “Applications” menu section, you can quickly find an item related to the browser cache and do a little cleaning.
also in antivirus programs There is often a section that allows you to delete all temporary files, including those that are saved when you go online. This is a more global, but also quite effective approach.
Delete cache on phone
If you use Google Chrome on your smartphone, then you should also take care of removing unnecessary materials to speed up the operation of the program and the device as a whole.
First way
Open the Chrome app on your phone, tap the 3 dots in the right corner and then tap History.
Now click on the blue inscription.
Leave the “bird” only next to the last item, select a time interval and confirm the action.
Second way
Go to the gadget settings and find the “Applications” section. Then tap on the name of the browser and select “Data storage” in the menu. There is a “Clear cache” button here, click on it.
You can also erase data on your smartphone using third party programs, For example, Clean Master. This allows you to delete all temporary files, not just those saved by Chrome.
Conclusion
We've looked at several ways to clear the browser cache on your PC, laptop and phone. You can choose suitable option and periodically do a little cleaning. This will have a beneficial effect on the operation of Google Chrome itself and the device as a whole.
Sometimes users wonder if they can't just turn off automatic cache saving. No, there is no such possibility, because it is impractical. In the absence of caching, site pages would take a long time to load, and you would curse your browser. Therefore, you just need to remember that it is useful to clean up not only your home, but also your computer.
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Every modern browser by default, it partially saves the information of web pages, which significantly reduces the waiting time and the amount of traffic consumed when opening them again. This stored information is nothing more than a cache. And today we will look at how the Internet Google browser Chrome can increase its cache.
Increasing the cache is necessary, of course, to store more information from websites on your hard drive. Unfortunately, unlike Mozilla browser Firefox, where cache enhancement is available regular means, in Google Chrome a similar procedure is performed in slightly different ways, but if you have a compelling need to increase the cache of a given web browser, then this task is quite easy to cope with.
How to expand the cache in the Google Chrome browser?
Considering that Google company If you consider it necessary not to add a cache increase function to your browser menu, then we will take a slightly different tricky route. First, we need to create a browser shortcut. To do this, go to the folder with installed program(typically this location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application), click on the application "chrome" right-click and select the option in the pop-up menu "Create shortcut" .
Right-click on the shortcut and in the pop-up additional menu select the option "Properties" .
In the pop-up window, double-check that you have a tab open "Label" . In field "An object" The address leading to the application is posted. We need to enter two parameters to this address separated by a space:
Disk-cache-dir="c:\chromeсache"
Disk-cache-size=1073741824
As a result, the updated “Object” column in your case will look something like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir="c:\chromeсache" --disk-cache-size=1073741824
This command means that you increase the size of the application cache by 1073741824 bytes, which is equivalent to 1 GB. Save your changes and close this window.
Launch the created shortcut. From now on, Google Chrome will work in increased cache mode, but remember that now the cache will accumulate in significantly larger volumes, which means it will need to be cleared in a timely manner.
We hope the tips in this article were useful to you.
A thing called cache allows browsers to load pages faster. But it is not always useful. And sometimes it needs to be cleaned. Now we'll talk about how to clear cache in Google Chrome- one of the most popular browsers.
The cache stores those website elements that never change. When the page loads, the web browser loads these elements not from the server, but from the hard drive, which is much faster and easier. As a result, the page opens much faster.
But the cache tends to grow. Its size increases exponentially according to the number of pages visited. And if it reaches gigantic proportions, it may well slow down the browser.
Where is the cache located? Google browser Chrome? By default, it is located in a special directory on the system partition (by default in C:\Users\<Имя пользователя компьютера>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\<Пользователь в Браузере>\Cache). You could also clean it by hand. But this is long and unsafe. It is much easier to use the capabilities of the web browser itself.
Clearing cache
In general, the process itself is not particularly complicated. But you need to know where the required tool is located. Only then can you do what is required. The instructions, by the way, are relevant for both Windows PCs and computers with Mac OS or Linux on board.
The cleaning process will begin. Once it's completed, the browser will want to restart. There is no need to interfere with this. After the restart, the web browser will work as it was just installed. And the cache will take on adequate sizes.
Conclusion
Now you know exactly everything about how to clear the cache in Google Chrome. This simple procedure can greatly increase the speed of your browser. In general, it is recommended to do it at least once a month. Then there will be no problems with the web browser. Just like with the computer itself.
Browser cache – files saved as a result of work in a temporary folder. The name “temporary” does not mean that they are deleted after completion of work. Some of them remain on the hard drive and, to one degree or another, affect the operation of the browser and the performance of the entire system as a whole. Increased file fragmentation. To speed up Chrome, the cache must be cleared periodically. In this article you will learn how to do this and what you will need for this.
Some users don't clear their cache for years. Firstly, in addition to reducing performance, this leads to filling free memory, and secondly, regular cleaning will help hide traces of being on a variety of prohibited and not very legal sites. Therefore, putting your Chrome history in order allows you to maintain confidentiality. Clearing the cache. To begin, you must have Google Chrome running. In the upper right corner of the browser there is a button with three horizontal lines. Click on it and go to “Menu” - “Settings”. Browser options will open, scroll to “Show additional settings» and find the item «Personal data». “Clear history...” button. In a small window there will be several items from which you will need to uncheck and leave only “Images and other files saved in the cache.” Another important point, for what period it is necessary to clear the cache. “For all time”, “For the last 4 weeks”, “For past hour", there are five time periods in total. Then click “Clear history”. Depending on the amount of cache, cleaning can take from a few seconds to several minutes. The browser may seem to freeze, but this is normal. Wait for the procedure to complete.
For stable and comfortable work on the Internet, you need a modern, fast browser. Google Chrome on powerful computer with modern hardware, it fully meets these criteria. But an overcrowded cache leads to frequent freezes and slow or incorrect display of sites. Timely cleaning of temporary files will help avoid these problems. Good luck!
Quite often on various forums I come across the question “ where is the browser cache located?. Since this issue is closely related to the theme of our site, I could not ignore it and decided in today’s article to tell where the cache of the most popular browsers installed in operating system Windows 7, 8, 10.
You may be interested in the article ““, in which we described in detail how to automatically clear the history of visited sites after finishing work on the Internet
Opera browser cache
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache
Google Chrome browser cache
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache
Mozilla Firefox browser cache
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zxcvb5678.default\cache2\entries
Browser cache Yandex Browser
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Default\Cache
Internet Explorer browser cache
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\
All information is relevant for versions installed using the installation file. The cache of portable versions of the browser (which do not require installation) may be located in other folders.
Use the program if you need to restore a deleted cache. Also using the search form on the site, according to the words “cache browser”, you will find a large number of programs that work with the cache of various browsers.
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