How to Erase Temporary Internet Files In Internet Explorer

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What are Temporary Internet Files?

Temporary internet files are image, text and formatting files which are stored on your hard disk drive by the websites that you visit to speed up surfing. There is nothing to be done from your part to store the files. These temporary files are stored on your hard disk drive when you visit a website for the first time. When you visit the same website in the future, the files which are already stored on the computer will be loaded from the temporary internet files folder quickly and only things that have to be loaded over internet are new information or files that have changed since the last time you visited. So, it is clear that the main purpose of these temporary internet files is to speed up the loading process of websites which you visit often.

How to Erase Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files
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Internet Explorer saves the contents of all web pages you visited including pictures, animation, movies and other downloads. Explorer automatically stores the web pages and images in the website you visited, there is no action required from your side. This enables to speed up the process of displaying a website which you visit frequently by opening it from the temp files stored on your hard disk drive instead of downloading over the internet. But, it may affect your privacy because others can easily access your surfing history. To avoid this, you have to erase the internet explorer temporary internet files either manually or using some other third party temporary internet files erasing software.

Where you can find Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer?

To see temporary internet files in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:

* Click ‘tools’ menu at the top of the explorer window and select ‘internet option’ from the dropdown list.

* A new window named internet options will appear.

* Click the general tab.

* You can see a ‘Settings’ button on the temporary internet files area. Click on that.

* Now a new window appears and click on the view files button and a new window will appear. There you can find the temp files stored on the computer hard disk drive. You can also find the URL from which each temp file came from.

To see temporary internet files in Internet Explorer 7.0:

* Click ‘tools’ menu at the top of the explorer window and select ‘internet option’ from the dropdown list.

* A new window named internet options will appear.

* Click the general tab.

* You can see a ‘Settings’ button on the browsing history area. Click on that.

* Now “Temporary Internet Files and History Settings” appears.

* Click on the view files button on that window.

* You can see temp files stored on the computer and its location on hard drive in the new window. URL from which each temporary file came from is also displayed on the window.

How to manually erase Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer?

Erasing Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:

* Open the “Tools” Menu at the top of the explorer window.

* Click “Internet Options” on the dropdown list.

* Then Open the “General tab”

* Click “Delete Files” under the temporary Internet files area.

* Click “OK” on the new window which appears to remove cache.

Erasing Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer 7.0:

* Open the “Tools” Menu at the top of the explorer window.

* Click “Internet Options” on the dropdown list.

* Then Open the “General tab”

* Click the “Delete” on the browsing history area.

* Then click “Delete files” in the delete browsing history window.

* Click “Yes” to complete the process.