Article ID: 260897 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 5.2 How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files FolderThis article was previously published under Q260897 SUMMARY This article describes how to delete the contents of the
Temporary Internet Files folder. MORE INFORMATION The Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder contains Web
page content that is stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. This cache
permits Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer to download only the content that has
changed since you last viewed a Web page, instead of downloading all the
content for a page every time it is displayed. To delete the files in the
Temporary Internet Files folder, follow these steps:.
- Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.
- Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
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On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
- In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box , and then click OK.
- Click OK.
Notes- If the Temporary Internet Files folder contains a
significant amount of Web page content, this process may take several minutes
to complete.
- An administrator can customize your Temporary Internet
Files settings and prevent you from changing them (for example, by removing the
General tab from the interface in the Internet
Options dialog box). If you cannot access the Internet
Options dialog box or the General tab, contact your
administrator for more information.
- Files that start with the word "Cookie" may remain in your
Temporary Internet Files folder after you follow these steps. These files are
pointers to the actual cookie files that are located in your Cookies folder.
For additional information, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
158769
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158769/EN-US/
)
Emptying Temporary Internet Files Folder Leaves Cookies Files
For additional information about how to delete cookies, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base: 278835
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835/EN-US/
)
How to Delete Cookie Files
- In some cases, files that are downloaded from Web sites may
remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder but are not visible in Windows
Explorer after you follow these steps.
For additional information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
301057
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301057/EN-US/
)
Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified
REFERENCES For additional information about the
Temporary Internet Files folder, click the following article numbers to view
the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 155353
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155353/EN-US/
)
How to Adjust Cache Size for Temporary Internet Files
172949
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172949/EN-US/
)
How to Change the Location of Temporary Internet Files
263070
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263070/EN-US/
)
How Internet Explorer Cache Settings Affect Web Browsing
175885
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175885/EN-US/
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Cannot View Temporary Internet Files on Shared Computer
APPLIES TO- MSN Explorer
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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