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To clear cache files on windows 10 is a simple process and I’ll show you just how to do it which will include clearing CPU, DNS, RAM, JAVA, mapped network drive, and browser cache on windows 10.
Clearing cache files from your computer are part of the things you can do to improve your computer’s performance and there’s so much you could do with windows 10 to et the most performance.
Depending on why you are here, I recommend you navigate through the table of content to jump to your particular interest.
If you are interested in clearing every cache on your computer, then I recommend you follow every single step one after the other to completely clear cache on windows 10.
A cache is a special high speed mechanism that can either be an independent high speed storage device or a reserve section of the main memory.
To break all that down, a cache is a component that could either be hardware or software which is used to store data.
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The main function of a cache is to make future request of a specific data respond faster.
For example,
When you visit a web page for the first time, the data of this page will be stored or cached on your computer.
So, the next time you visit that web page, it loads a lot faster because your computer has already stored some data of that web page on your computer.
Now you can see the whole idea of cache is to help you load an already visited information much more faster.
Yes, caching will make your life much easier when you want to visit a piece of information you’ve visited in the past at a faster rate.
However, cached data could cause some issues to your computerand clearing it should resolve the problem on your computer.
It’s important to clear cache on your computer from time to time to avoid any future issue.
Here are reasons why should clear cache on windows 10.
It’s only convenient to use cache on your computer when you have enough storage, free RAM, and high performing computer.
If your computer doesn’t fall into any of that category, caching my slow down your computer overtime.
Storage is a major factor when cache comes to mind.
When you let cache accumulate data on your computer, the data becomes bigger in size and you might run out disk space overtime.
This could cause your computer to run into Blue Screen error or other unexpected problems.
On windows 10, certain cache data is used to help your operating system.
This cache data can get corrupted overtime if you don’t clear your cache regularly.
And when your cache data get’s corrupted, it can affect the performance of your computer or simply crash it.
As you can see,
it should be a routine for to clear cache regularly on your windows.
I recommend you clear your cache every two weeks.
On windows 10, the particular location to store cache isn’t fixed.
The location of a cache file depends on the source.
For example,
A browser cache location is different from DNS cache location.
Windows itself will save its cache data in different location because resources are different.
The know storage location for cache data on windows 10 is C:WindowsTemp, which is where system temporary files are stored.
Here’s how to clear temp or temporary file cache on windows 10.
Follow the instructions carefully.
windows key + Rto open run command box
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%temp%to open the %temp% folder
3. Select every file in that folder and delete them.
windows key + Rto open run command box
5. Now, type in or copy the following inside the run command box and click ok.
tempto open temp folder
6. Delete every file inside the folder.
windows key + Rto open run command
2. Type in or copy and paste the following into the run command box and press ok.
prefetchto open prefetch folder
3. Click on continue to grant you access.
C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsExplorer
3. Change the Username to your PC username.
C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocal
3. Change the Username to your PC username.
C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload
3. Now delete every file in the download folder to clear windows update cache.
ipconfig/flushdnsto flush local cache
Note – To view DNS resolver cache, simple input the following in command prompt.
ipconfig /displaydnsto view dns resolver cache
This is very helpful when your server has a bad cache entry. Follow the instructions carefully to successfully clear the cache on your windows server. Windows Server 2016 will be used for this tutorial.
Clear-DnsClientCache
2. To clear the local DNS server cache, use this command:
Clear-DNsServerCache
3. Clear DNS cache on a specific DNS server with the following command:
Clear-DnsServerCache –ComputerName “DC1” -Force
Note – Change -ComputerName to the name of the server you want to clear.
windows key + Rto open run command box
2. Type or copy and paste the following inside the run command box and click ok.
javaws -uninstallto clear java cache
3. You will see a pause and then the java cache will be cleared. Note – There won’t be any notification to tell you that the command was successful.
javaws -uninstallto clear java cache
1. Search for control panel in windows search. 2. Choose control panel among the result. 3. Inside control panel, make sure the view by is set to small icons.