# What are temporary internet files?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-temporary-internet-files/337668>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-temporary-internet-files/337668 "2005-12-30T01:48:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-temporary-internet-files/337668/21 "2005-12-30T19:44:36Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> You can set a limit on the size of your cache. In IE, for example, go to Tools \> Internet Options \> General tab. Then click the Settings button under “Temporary Internet Files”.

It’s not only the cache. There are a number of folders with apparently random names (say, Js4dhs7) that aren’t cleaned when I clean the cache. Actually if I click on the folders directly, no files appear, but they’re still quite big. I can open them with “search files/folders” and they include hundreds or even, if I wait too long, thousands of small files, like icons, pictures, etc… So, I have to delete them separately, apart from cleaning the cache.

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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:** [December 30, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-temporary-internet-files/337668/22 "2005-12-30T19:56:37Z")

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I would recommend you get CleanMOCache 3.0.

It’s free and it’s fast.

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**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-temporary-internet-files/337668/23 "2005-12-31T00:04:50Z")

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> [@clairobscur](#):
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> It’s not only the cache. There are a number of folders with apparently random names (say, Js4dhs7) that aren’t cleaned when I clean the cache. Actually if I click on the folders directly, no files appear, but they’re still quite big. I can open them with “search files/folders” and they include hundreds or even, if I wait too long, thousands of small files, like icons, pictures, etc… So, I have to delete them separately, apart from cleaning the cache.

These are good reasons to clean the TIFs, history and cache. I don’t have a shred of porn on my PC, but I like knowing it’s running as clean as possible. I use the freeware Cache Cleaner 1.26.218, plus Privacy Guardian, the latter of which gets tons of stuff that CC doesn’t.

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