This brief little guide will explain to you how to clear the
memory, DNS, thumbnail and the browser caches on Windows 10 devices
in a native manner. This guide makes use of basic tweaking around,
and is pretty intuitive.
Difficulty: Average.
Let’s now head into the guide.
How to Clear Memory Cache in Windows 10
Step 1: This involves creation of a shortcut on
your desktop. Right click the desktop, hover over New –>
Shortcut.
Step 2: In the item
location box, type %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe
advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks for (32 bit machines) or
%windir%\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks for 64
bit machines. Make sure that you type the correct line as per your
system variant.
Step 3: Click Next
and name the shortcut as RAM clear or Clear RAM or clear memory,
whichever suits you.
Click Finish and the shortcut will
show up on your screen.
Step 4: Double click on the shortcut on your
desktop and run the executable to clear up your RAM. You can leave
the shortcut on your desktop for future to clear up your RAM
(memory) on the go!
Clear DNS Cache in Windows 10
Step 1: To Clean Windows 10 DNS Cache, Open up the
Start ribbon by clicking on the Windows logo at the bottom left of
the screen. Type in Command Prompt in the start menu when the start
menu is opened up. This will search for the command prompt app.
Step 2: Right click
the Command Prompt app, and click on the Run as administrator
option.
Step 3: In the
command prompt window, type ipconfig /flushdns and press enter.
Step 4: Press Enter,
and the dns cache will be flushed.
Clear Browser Cache in
Windows 10
Windows 10 Browser cache can be cleared via the Ctrl+Shift+Delete
shortcut. When you use the shortcut in any major browser, including
Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chrome or Opera, you will be presented with
the history, bookmarks, and cache clearing options.
The Ctrl+Shift+Delete option in Firefox
The Ctrl+Shift+Delete option
in Microsoft Edge
The Ctrl+Shift+Delete option
in Google Chrome
>The Ctrl+Shift+Delete option works in
a similar way on all other major browsers like Opera, Safari, etc.
as well.
Delete Thumbnail Cache in Windows 10:
To clear the cache of thumbnails that Windows 10 builds up, follow
the steps below.
Step 1: Click on the Start button at the left side
of the taskbar to open up the start ribbon. Type in Disk Cleanup
when the ribbon is opened. Click on Disk Cleanup when the ribbon is
opened.
Step 2: Allow the
disk cleanup to compute the temporary files and cache size.
Step 3: In the next
window which opens up, you can select which files you want to
delete.
Step 4: Scroll down
under the Files to delete section and select the thumbnails option.
Step 5: Upon
choosing all the files that you wish to delete, you can click on the
OK button and then you will be shown a file deletion confirmation
box.
Step 6: Click on the Delete Files
button and the cleanup will commence.
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