Your browser has many of your information store like the websites you visit, your passwords, browsing history, data you have download, and many more.
This data keeps piling up over time on your Computer and slows down your PC.
It is always a good idea to clear your browser’s cache, cookies, and history regularly.
This also cleans up some space on your PC, protects your personal information, and deleting unnecessary data and improving the performance of your computer.
What are Cookies?
You may have seen cookie pop-ups asking you to accept cookies when you visit websites.
And you might often blindly accept these prompts, and quickly move on to the next task, these cookies are files create by websites that you visit.
They identify and track files that make your online experience easier by saving information as you browse or revisit a site.
What are Cache?
The browser cache remembers parts of pages, like images, to help the browser load a webpage faster during your next visit.
What are History?
Your browsing history is the list of websites that you have visit in the past.
If you wish to keep them private, you can clear your history.
This will help you keep your personal information protected.
How to Clean Up Browser’s Cache, Cookies, and History for a Faster Computer?
For Google Chrome
Follow These Steps :
- Open Chrome on your PC.
- Click on the three-dot button in the upper right corner.
- Select More Tools and Clear Browsing Data.
- Select all these boxes, browsing history, download history, cookies and other site data.
- You can also go to Basic Settings to re-check and click on the time range drop-down menu.
- You can choose the one according to your preference, but in case of clearing your cache, select All time.
- Lastly, click on the Clear data button.
For Safari
Follow These Steps :
- Go to the top menu and select History > Clear History.
- Select the time period you want to clear.
- Click on Clear History.
- All your browsing history and cache will be deleted.
On Mozilla Firefox
Follow These Steps :
- Click on the hamburger menu at the top right corner.
- Then select Privacy and Security option from the left panel.
- Scroll below to Cookies and Site Data.
- Check the box that says Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed, and click on Clear Data.
When you have clear up your browser’s cache, cookies and history, you will have to log in again to the websites that you use, but doing so will boost your computer’s performance which might make it worth the effort.
