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Discussion in 'Browser Issues' started by GimboV, Apr 5, 2016.

  1. GimboV

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    Normally I am one who cleans the browser cache on a regular basis. However, I wanted to test what some others are saying about not needing to do this. The test was to see how long the browser would last until issues appeared. I use both Chrome and Internet Explorer for various internet tasks. Chrome is used most often and was the first to experience issues. The time? Three months, then I began having issues with webpages that I view daily. Clean the cache and history and all is well again. I must admit I.E. was not having an issue, due I think to being used less often but cleaned as well.
     
  2. bassfisher6522

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    I use a plugin for Chrome and FF to clean my browser on exiting....everytime I close a browser. It's called "Click&Clean".
     
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    IE can be set in Internet Options to clear browsing history internet on exit. The rest it is good to clear on a regular basis, also, via Internet Options. In Edge there is a Clear button (and choices for what is cleared) within Settings under the ellipsis. And, yes, this can/does enhance performance. Same principle as CCleaner or Extended Disc Clean-up, et al... efforts to keep machines 'junk-free' will always benefit performance.
     
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    You may want to try CCleaner Pro, it will clean all browser caches and history, and much more :thmbup: Been using it for many years.

    BUT suggest NOT to clean cookies because this cleans ALL cookies including those used by sites to recognize you, such as your banks site.
     
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    tecknomage can I say something
    it is exactly for that specific reason that you should be cleaning your cache and cookies all the more because you do your banking on your computer malware viruses and hackers it's the first place where they go look to steal your info that's why you want to clean your cookies as often as you can by suggesting not the clean them it's really not a good thing
     
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    Did we miss this part?

    GimboV I would of thought that IE would of started to fail first.
     
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    Yes I know about all the ways to keep the browser clean. It was a test to see how long the browser would function without doing any cleaning. Just a curious thing really. I have some people telling me you don't have to do it any more due to large drives and faster internet. The faster internet would be due to the caching of the browser.

    I am returning to cleaning my browser on a regular schedule.
     
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    I find this whole discussion a little silly because whether you clean out the cache or wait until the browser fills up and then creates new space I see no need to do anything frankly.
    Gimbo if your browsers get whacked out why not shut down the pc and boot from a cold boot every few days, that would do more because its the only way to reset the memory which is probably causing your issues. I set my browser caches as far as they can go but I also feel that too is silly and leftover from prior days. I also think setting the browser to delete history when closing only makes more work for you rather than saving steps but that is just my opinion as is the rest.
     
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    I think you missed the point Rich. I shut down my PC all the time, it is not memory that is the issue. It is directly due to caching of the browser.

    The test was to see how long the browser would function without cleaning the cache. I can tell from your remark above you are on the side of not cleaning the cache. I don't know how you do it. Like is stated above I was able to go three months until the browser started to behave oddly. Cleaning the cache resolved the issue. The cache function is leftover from the days of dial-up. Not so much needed in the broadband days.

    Twas just a personal test that I thought I would share nothing more.
     
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    I clean mine every night before I shut down.
     
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    Again....it's why I use the plugin on my browsers....it's automatic.
     
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    I have never cleaned mine and have never seen a problem from not. But then I don't use "hard drive cleaners" either.
     
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    Try cleaning it and watch the performance increase. I've had service calls for slow Internet and clean all that up and good as new. Simple and cost effective for customers.
     
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    Are you all for real? This pc is so fast half the time I don't eve notice the screens change now and you think clearing the cache
    will make it faster so maybe I will never see the screen change? The browser just goes and replaces the cache anyway.
     
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    We're talking about using the Internet and NOT the computer's speed. Sorry Rich, but it does make a difference. We're talking about months of build up and not speeding the browser up clearing it daily. My own eyes don't lie.
     
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    Ok so it moves a bit faster except it is actually taking me longer because I have to fill in all the logons and passwords, and in my case its years of not doing it.
     
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    Note: you can set any browser to not clear logins.....that's how I do it. But, Ccleaner will clean everything. I generally run that once a week. Then the re-signing in but I'm used to this process.
     
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    If you go to settings in Ccleaner and cookies, you can exclude sites with passwords.
     
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    Word of advice here. Not that I am an expert or anything, but always clear all site passwords, and I do mean all. Never exclude because squatters with hook on websites you visit can get those passwords depending on your own security and operating system configuration.
     
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    You know I don't doubt it is possible IceMan but in about 20 years of computer use and I never clean anything or wipe anything (except the other day when I tried it and I will never ever do that again. That has caused me more annoyance and I see no way to have eliminated passwords and logons except by listing all of them individually which would take me hours I don't have) and I have never been compromised. I look at all these cleaning situations as senseless I'm afraid or just some form of mass paranoia I have always ignored. I mean if you have a 1 tb hard drive and use as the average person does 125 Gb, why would cleaning off even a Gb of junk make it run any faster. As a matter of fact there is evidence, ala the boulder rolling down the hill gathering up speed because of its weight, that the more packed hard drive actually moves faster anyway. And again why would a Gb of temp files and internet cache that reproduces itself as soon as you remove it cause anything to move faster anyway?

    I remember a few years ago reading a very logical article about how you should use one credit card only on the internet to help prevent fraud. It sounded like it really made sense until I thought about it more. I buy almost everything I buy on the internet and as an ex retailer I loathe going into stores. I use about 10 different credit cards and have never been compromised. Somehow I look at the paranoia as more likely causing the crisis than never giving it a thought like I do and having nothing happen.
     

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