How to fix cache problems in Windows 10

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In the new Windows 10, Microsoft has a new Internet browser called Edge. When you first start using the new browser it is very fast and displays your web pages quickly. However after a few months the new browser cache fills up and now it takes forever to open a new web page. It seems like your computer has frozen or blocked. There is a simple way to fix this problem. 1. Open Microsoft Edge from your task bar at the bottom of your screen. 2. Once the Internet browser is open look at the first line at the top of your page. On the right side of this line you will see an image of a book, a star, 3 horizontal lines, a paper with a pen, and a round circle that has 3 smaller round circles on the line. 3. Select the 3 horizontal lines to open a drop down menu. This menu will open on the right side of your computer screen. 4. At the top of the menu you will see a star, a series of horizontal lines, an image that has a circle running around to the left and what looks like hands of a clock in the middle. Finally the last image is an arrow pointing downward with a line under it. 5. Select the image of the clock. 6. This will open your history page. 7. In blue letter you will see Clear all history 8. Select this by placing your mouse on the letter and clicking on this. 9. Your browsing data screen will not drop down. 10. Put a check by the items you wish to clean. It is recommended to clear your Browser history Cookies and saved website data Cached data and files Download history If you have any form data that is save I would recommend you not clear this. Some people save passwords for different websites and it might be a good idea to not clear this one either. Now Windows 10 will start to clear all the items you have marked in the box. Once it has cleared the history Microsoft Edge will close. You can now open Microsoft Edge and select any website you wish to visit. The website will now open quicker and your Internet browser will no longer freeze or block on you. Good luck. Let me know if this was helpful and you were able to follow these instructions. Image source - screen shot