(It also helps to have antivirus software.) It can be dropped in the cache without you knowing or alongside program installations, so clearing the entire cache can delete malicious files. Malware is another reason to delete the browser cache.You’re experiencing issues such as 404 errors or 502 errors (among others) that may indicate your browser’s cache is corrupted.Clearing your cache forces your browser to retrieve the newest copy available from the website, something that should happen automatically but sometimes does not.So, if your looking to WIPE your drive then you will need to find some sort of WIPING program (I use PGP) and manually WIPE the files 3-10 times from the drive once you determine where you Disk cache is being stored using the About:Cache command above. I’m guessing they are simply DELETING the files rather than WIPING them (being that the delete happens so quickly). Now don’t forget, a file DELETE is only as good as a file DELETE. On my machine for example (Windows Server 2008), the cache data is stored here:Ĭ:\Users\mrgroove\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\fault\Cache
This command will show you not only show what you have cached in Memory, Disk and Offline Cache but it also provides the directory where the cache is stored on disk. If you want to verify all the files are gone, just type the following into the Firefox URL Bar: To answer your question, when you use the process above, I can confirm that it does a pretty good job of deleting all the Cache, Cookies, etc. Tags: firefox, privacy, security, – Hi Riya and Welcome to the site! Please post Technical Questions Related or not in the Forum! BTW – if you don’t want the prompt, just UNCHECK the box “ Ask me before clearing private data” on the Privacy Tab as shown in Step 4.Īs normal, please be GROOVY and leave any comments or feedback here. That’s it! Next time you close your browser, you will be prompted to delete all the various items (history, cache, cookies, etc.) which you configured. Tip: Personally, for maximum privacy, I always delete the Cache, Cookies, and Browsing History at a minimum, but this is all just personal preference/level of security consciousness/paranoia :)
Click Each box/item you want to Delete as shown below then Click OK to Continue then OK Again to Save Click the Privacy Tab, Check Box Always clear my private data when I close Firefox then Click Settings under Private Data to configure WHAT to clearĥ. each time you close the Firefox browser:Ĥ. Now let’s review the How-To configure Firefox to Clear the Browsing History, Cache, Cookies, etc. Click Clear Private Data Now and YOU’RE DONE! Check any or all items you want to clear/delete.
TIP: You can also use the Keyboard Shortcuts by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Del with Firefox openĢ.
Open Firefox and Click Tools, Clear Private Data First, let’s look at the MANUAL way to Clear Browsing History and Private Data in Firefox:ġ.
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