# Mozilla users: ever have a problem with the cache not clearing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-users-ever-have-a-problem-with-the-cache-not-clearing/256086>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 20, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-users-ever-have-a-problem-with-the-cache-not-clearing/256086 "2004-07-20T23:34:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-users-ever-have-a-problem-with-the-cache-not-clearing/256086/1 "2004-07-20T23:34:46Z")

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I’ve been using Mozilla for several months now (I’m using v1.7.1 right now). Today, I cleared out the cache (Edit\>Preferences\>Advanced\>Cache).

Or so I thought.

When I started to type in a url, a list of previously accessed urls starting with the same letter popped up! I cleared the cache again and even rebooted, but the typed urls were still there. I found a utility simiar to Window Washer, but geared towards Mozilla and Opera (which I also use).

Has anybody else had this problem?

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**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-users-ever-have-a-problem-with-the-cache-not-clearing/256086/2 "2004-07-20T23:58:41Z")

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You want to clear history, not the file cache. I’m using Mozilla Firefox, not Mozilla right now, and I can’t remember the differences, but Firefox has a separate button to clear histroy and flil cache (as does IE, for that matter).

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-users-ever-have-a-problem-with-the-cache-not-clearing/256086/3 "2004-07-21T00:02:28Z")

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> [@DaddyTimesTwo](#):
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> You want to clear history, not the file cache. I’m using Mozilla Firefox, not Mozilla right now, and I can’t remember the differences, but Firefox has a separate button to clear histroy and flil cache (as does IE, for that matter).

I cleared the History file and the Location Bar. I have the Cookie Manager set to erase all cookies upon browser shutdown.

I recently upgraded to 1.7.1 from 1.6. I did uninstall 1.6 before installing 1.7.1.