When you visit a website using Netscape Navigator (r) the program (unless you tell it otherwise) stores certain parts of the website, for instance pictures on your hard drive temporarily, this speeds up the process of loading the website next time you visit it. Follow the instructions below to delete these temporary files if and when you need to.

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First click on EDIT and then select PREFERENCES from the pull dowm menu.

You will be presented with a dialogue box simlar to that shown in fig 1.1 below:
screenshot - How to clear the cache in netscape navigator - Tips and Tricks

screenshot - How to clear the cache in netscape navigator - Tips and Tricks

The first step is to click the small arrow type image:

next to Advanced to expand your options.

Next select the Cache option that appears in the left hand pane and you should see your cache settings appear on the right as seen in fig 1.1.

To clear your cache is as simple as clicking on the Clear Cache button, notice the box to the left of the button, this can be used to specify how much diskspace Netscape will use for saving cache files, the value you give it will be in Megabytes (MB).

Another option here is how often NETSCAPE compares the document in CACHE to the document on the website you are visiting. You can change this to suit your needs, once per session is the default option and probably the best for most users. When done simply click OK.

Link Prefetching is used to automatically retrieve pages before they are requested, which pages are fetched will be specified by the website you are visiting.