How do I clear cache in Safari now?

Or you can just do CTRL+SHIFT+F5 ?

Hi Yellowbox, I simply set up the folder alias as you suggest and can delete the file called cache.db, but what are the other two caches cache.db-shm and cache.db-wal?

There is also a cache in my folder called Webpage Previews that shows previews of all/some of the browser pages initiated from - I think - Google search, maybe bookmarks, and ?????

What is the effect of deleting these additional caches?

I see above someone suggested deleting the full folder.

i don't have that option in the advance tab in preference Version 6.0.5 (8536.30.1)

how do i empty the cache

thanks

Rob

Hi UNSHMD:

in Safari 6.0.5 - I'm on it now, so I know this works:

go to Safari menu> preferences> Advanced (last icon top right)

click on "Show Develop Menu in menu bar"

then click on the new "Develop" menu at the top of your screen and select "empty caches" or "disable catches"

hope that helps

-Dave

This doesn't actually work. Safari keeps a cache file even after turning "disable caches" on and emptying the caches. It makes it impossible to web develop on. Total fail for apple.

Is "Empty Caches" the same as "Disaable Caches"?

It doesn't show "Empty" when I click on "Develop" in menu bar. Just shows "Disable".

Can I do any harm or lose information, etc, when I click on this? Can I lose important 'stuff'? (I'm not even sure what a 'cache' is....a guy I work with suggested I should do this once per year!)

Thanks

I just spent some further time clicking around for the answer to my question...above.

When I clicked on the Safari symbol (top left) one of the options was "Empty Cache"...perhaps that's all there is to it????????

Seems too easy after reading the four pages of what some of you folks have been through? *Scratches head*

Though I am apprehensive to empty in case I screw something up. (Not a techie!) And I don't know which version of Safari I have....Macbook is three years old.

Anyone? I would appreciate the assistance.

Hi oafcok,

I don't know which version of Safari I have

Menu > Safari > About Safari

My version of Safari is 7.0.1. App Store does not show a Safari update waiting, so this is the latest version (for my Mac).

To clear browsing history etc. Menu > Safari > Reset Safari... then choose what you want to delete. I do this from time to time and nothing bad happens. If I delete everything in Reset, the only thing I have to do afterwards is enter my username on sites such as this, then it remembers me again.

Have a stroll around Menu > Safari > Preferences. For example, I prefer 'Remove history items: After One Day'. If a site is particularly interesting, I save that link in bookmarks or as a text file. Better than having to trawl though a long History.

I am not a techie, so I don't know what is in the cache.

Regards,

Ian.

The shortcut command + option + e empties the Safari cache without having to enable the "Develop" Menu tab.

Many thanks Ian. My Safari is 5.1.10.

I think I am going to have a go at Disable Cache...and see what happens.

Better make sure I have my usernames and passwords for the sites I visit.

Regards,

OAFCOK

nbar: I DID manage to set up the Develop tab before I saw your reply....

I think I will have a go after talking to the guys at work and hopefully nothing weird will happen.

Also see my response to Ian, above.

Thanks,

OAFCOK

Hi,

Once you delete your History, make sure you fill it back up again!

Go to www.fillmyhistory.com for a quick, easy and safe way to fill up your browser.

Nothing is more suspicious than an empy Internet History!

Regards,

Fill My History Team

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I'm pretty sure Apple hid it for the same reason they hid the user Library. There isn't much need of clearing cache. PC geeks love to clear "temp" data, because for Windows XP and older, it often made a big performance boost. Mac OS rarely has any faulty cache, and clearing good cache just slows safari. The purpose of cache is to speed re-loading content.

Hmmm... pretty weird. Now this forum has no sub-replies. Last time I logged in here (and for many years before), you got your reply to a specific post to appear under that post. This new organization is MUCH more annoying than loosing the easy cache removal of Safari.

I cannot see empty cache in develop menu 😟

Safari 8 caches are where, please?