There are different factors that we should analyze when try to delete this cache from your internet browser, something that we will not only find in Mozilla Firefox but also in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or any other that we have on our computer.
The cache is not the only element that is generated with our Internet browser, but there are also different types of temporary files that are downloaded from the web to our computer. We have proposed a small example to follow with Mozilla Firefox only with a playful touch, an analysis that can be applied to any browser we have at hand. Perhaps one of the first reasons why someone would want to delete temporary Internet files and the cache itself is due to trying improve internet browsing speed, something that can be achieved but that also sacrifices certain elements that must always be kept in mind.
Temporary files versus cache in Mozilla Firefox
Let's say that we have browsed the Internet with Mozilla Firefox on the official page of vinegarasesino.com for the first time, your experience being somewhat slow on this occasion. When you return to the website to check other news you will notice that Now navigation is much faster than before. This is because certain elements that are part of a website have been downloaded to your personal computer, part of them being the well-known "Temporary Files" on the Internet; These elements are the logo, some graphics, fonts and much more, which are part of the design of the website and which will have to be downloaded the first time so that the next time you can have more agile navigation.
Now, The cache is a file that has the ability to store important web data that you have visited in all the time; Someone expert could enter your computer to steal said file and thereby know your browsing preferences on the web, making it necessary to maintain it so that your browsing in Mozilla Firefox in any other browser remains agile. What you can do is delete the rest of the files such as browsing history, cookies, download history and more.
How to keep the cache without deleting temporary files in Firefox
There are 2 ways to do this, one from the same Internet browser and another using a third-party application; In the latter case, the tool can be Piriform CCleaner, which offers us a viable alternative to delete all those files that we mentioned above, being able to keep the cache intact.
The image that we have placed above is a small sample of how this third-party application works; there and in the cleaning area (Cleaner) the user will have the possibility to delete all temporary files and more, from Internet. The only thing you need to do is deactivate the box that says Internet cache, to prevent this file from being deleted from our computer.
We could also perform this operation manually, something that we will indicate below through a few steps and using Mozilla Firefox as an example:
- We open our Mozilla Firefox browser.
- We click on the button that says Firefox on the upper left side.
- From there we choose Options.
- Now we go to the tab Privacy policy.
- We click on the blue link that says «delete your recent history«.
A window will open where we will observe a few details to take into account. Where it says “Time range to delete” we should choose “All«; We can also admire the presence of a small inverted arrow with an accompanying text saying "Details", a place where we must click to display the different options that will be eliminated with our action.
There we only have to deactivate the cache box and nothing else, having to proceed later by clicking on the button that says «clean now«.
We have indicated 2 alternatives to delete the cache in Mozilla Firefox although, the procedure can be carried out in any Internet browser. We have also mentioned a few basic principles to keep in mind about what this cache and temporary Internet files represent.