# Clearing memory

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816 "2002-04-15T20:23:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816/1 "2002-04-15T20:23:20Z")

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I sometimes look at some very high tech, very complex web sites and I hate for my wife to know it. I don’t want to humiliate her when she compares her level of accomplishments to the shining tower of light that is my brain. So, I often simply clear the memory in order to spare her that humiliation. But, sometimes, the damn memory will NOT clear and trouble ensues because I have visited those high tech sites again.

Why won’t the damn memory always clear?

OS is Windows 2000.

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**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816/2 "2002-04-15T22:15:19Z")

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ok first off youre talking about the cache and history trail in Internet Explorer.

to properly clear it:

1. type about:blank in the adress bar
2. go to Tools
3. Internet Options
4. hit Clear History and Delete Files

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816/3 "2002-04-15T22:50:53Z")

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Stop visiting porn sites. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-memory/103816/4 "2002-04-15T22:52:25Z")

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hehe, he said ‘shining tower’.