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Quick and Easy Way to Delete Internet Browser Caches, Cookies, or History
If you have ever been faced with wanting to delete your browser cache, cookies, or history, you know that the path to the browser dialog where this can be done involves a number of steps. However, there is a simple keyboard combination that will get you there faster. (Hold down all three keys.) It is
Ctrl+Shift+Del
This shortcut works for Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Google Chrome, and Firefox 3.6 and up. The graphics below show the dialog that opens in each of the three types of browser when the shortcut is used.
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Firefox
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Thanks for sharing :D It will come in handy.
Thank you very much. Works for me with Internet Explorer 8.0. Great find !
For those firefox users where it doesn't work: If you have permanent private browsing enabled there's nothing to clear so it's greyed out and unavailable.
Works okay for me....
But I still haven't been able to find anyway of deleting the memory of addresses that have been directly typed into the address bar? (not even using cCleaner)
Any ideas out there please?
Cheers
djj01
Doesn't work with my my IE9....
doesn't work in FF 5 running on WIN7 64bit, just comnes up with the normal task manager screen
It works fine on FF5 Windows 7 64-bit for me.
Same result with Firefox, Windows 7 and 64 bit.
Hope there is a solution as this sounds like an excellent resource.
works ok for me, win7 64bit, FF 5.0. tho' the initial menu doesn't display as shown in the tip, clicking "details" expands the menu to show the various options :)
I discovered CCleaner will not clear the browser history if the browser is in use. Ctrl+Shift+Del will clear the history (up to the last hour) in FF & Chrome. So this shortcut key still proves its worth.
This, and loads of other useful keyboard commands are listed on the browser pull down menus, next to the command. In the case of FF, check the tools menu, and you'll see this very shortcut next to the command. When I was a trainer, I always told folks to pay attention to those commands as they used toolbars...
;)
..!! great tip !!
btw, works with "FeedDemon 2.7" too.
Nora
It's working for me - Win7/64, Firefox 5.0.
Thank you!
Works with my IE8 on XP. A shame it doesn't work with my preferred browser, K-meleon 1.5.4. Thanks for the tip.
Worked on Chrome but not on FF5, leastways not on my machine. Will carry on using CCleaner as not much of a keyboard shortcut person.
Thanks for the tip, though.
Absoloutely loathe this
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Rude, old fashioned and shouty.
Just saying. ;-)-
I can see the usefulness of this, but I still use CCleaner to take out the garbage when I'm finished browsing.
Works for Firefox, Chrome and IE (and not Opera) as explained by Vic, all under Windows 7, but not for ChromePlus.
Brilliant find - thanks !
best tip to clean those unwanted files. thnx gizmo - best-ss
I found it DOES work in Firefox 5 (unlike mario bozeglav's claim). It doesn't seem to work in Opera 11, alas, but the article didn't claim that it did.
Thanks for this very useful tip!
Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Opera.
This key combination is not working for me in Firefox 3.6.15. i guess I'll need to update FF version or, as JIMY wrote, use cCleaner
works easy for me in ff 3.5.2
It works in Firefox 3.6.18 for me. It should work in your version.
hi, thanks for the tip... works fine on chrome and ie9, but doesn´t work on firefox 5
It works in Firefox 5 in Windows 7 for me.
It is working just fine on my Firefox 5.0
great tip
Very useful, thanks.
Can't one obtain the same results with Ccleaner?
For expediency's sake why open a separate program (cCleaner) when you can simply press 3 keys?
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