Delete your temporary internet files and cookies from ie

These files are pointers to the actual cookie files that are located in your Cookies folder. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. In some cases, files that are downloaded from websites may remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder but will not be visible in Windows Explorer after you follow these steps.

For more information about the Temporary Internet Files folder, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Windows 8. Exit Internet Explorer. Exit any instances of Windows Explorer. Select OK two times. Need more help? Expand your skills. Help Us Improve Browse by Collection.

Browse pages. A t tachments 0 Page History. Jira links. Press the Alt key on your keyboard. Microsoft Edge. Click Remove Now. In reply to NShafkat's post on June 3, Can you post a screenshot? How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

I had more than 2 GB while this one showed me lousy 24MB 4 Try to right click on the folder and delete it. So here what did work but requires some patience: 1 Download the LockHunter and try to kill the processes that lock the Temporary Internet Files directory 2 if step one worked go to step 3 otherwise run msconfig utility or Services and try to disable the services that the LockHunter could not kill.

Word, Low, MSOfficeHelp14, Virtualized 5 check the size of each folder to identify the "offender" with the GB size go in, select all the files inside and delete them permanently.

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