Increasing the cache size in the browser. System cache: what is it, what is it used for and how to change its size in Windows? Changing the folder location

The article will cover topics related to Yandex Browser Internet file storage: how to increase the cache, how to clear it, where it is located, what is its size, can it be moved.

The cache is intended primarily to reduce the number of unnecessary calls from the Internet browser to the sites being opened. Each file that is transmitted via the Internet is marked in a special way; this marking usually contains the update date. If a file has not been updated for months or years, there is no point in pulling it out of the Internet every day. Therefore, it is saved on the hard drive and the browser uses it, bypassing the request process to world wide web. The folder with such data is the cache.

Sometimes there is a need to force this folder to be cleared. There are certain considerations as to why such a need might arise.

Situation one. The system suddenly runs out of free space on the hard drive and the OS offers to clear unnecessary data;
Situation two. The user tries to hide traces of visiting one or more resources. The goals here may be different. For example, some sites may prohibit registration from the same IP address more than once. To hide the first registration, the user can try to clear cookies and at the same time history. Perhaps the motive here may be the reluctance to have compromising materials on the computer that were viewed on the Internet. But the cache stores everything we watch. Therefore, by searching through cache files, you can discover information that was viewed by a companion or family member.

Erase data in storage

We will show you how to clean the Yandex Browser storage using an example.

In the list of settings, select “Advanced” and then “Clear history”.

A window will open with options designed to clear information related to using the browser. There is also a drop-down list that sets the time period for cleaning files. The following options are available:

Remove in an hour
Delete in a day
Delete in a week
Remove in 4 weeks
Delete all time

Check the box next to “files saved in cache” and click the “clear history” button. If you don't want to accidentally reset other settings, be sure to check that the options next to them are disabled.

The cleaning console can be called up using the hotkeys Ctrl+Shift+Del.

How to make your storage bigger

There is no way to increase the cache using the browser itself, so let’s look at an example with the task executable file Browser advanced settings.

To increase the cache, you need to find the Yandex Browser shortcut on your desktop and click right click Click on it to bring up the shortcut settings menu. At the very bottom of the menu there will be a “Properties” item. Select it, after which the “Properties: Yandex” panel with tabs will open. Select the “Shortcut” tab. The tab contains several fields for entering information. We need the “Object” field. This field indicates the path where the program’s “exe” file is located and which the shortcut calls when you click on it. The executable file has the ability to accept parameters. One of these parameters is the cache size. We will add this parameter to the object call and then when you click on the shortcut, the executive program will be launched with the necessary parameters.

The following line at the end of the call to the executable file will help increase the cache:

where N is the cache size in bytes.

This completes the procedure for increasing the cache; after launching Yandex Browser will have a new storage size.

Where is the data located?

To find the cache you need to go to the following path:

Yandex Browser stores cached files in a numbered form, without an extension. Therefore, from just the name it is impossible to understand what type it is and what its original name was. The only thing you can link your search to is the date. Thus, if you want to view a photo, you will have to sort through quite a lot of files manually.

There is one more trick. If the file is known to be a photograph, it cannot be smaller than a few kilobytes. This way you can sort the data by size and explore only those that fit.

How to copy

To transfer browser storage, just copy the Cache folder, which was discussed in the review above, and place it in the location where the new browser is installed.

How to overwrite old data with new ones

To update the cache, you just need to clear it (read about how to clear the cache above), after which it will be created again and can be considered updated.

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Cache – inner memory operating system, which stores data about running programs, contributing to their more fast work. To increase the power and speed of your computer, the amount of information stored in the cache can be increased.

Instructions

Right-click on the “My Computer” icon on your desktop and select “Properties.” Go to the “Advanced” tab and click on the button to change system performance parameters. On the “Advanced” tab, enable the “Optimize the operation of services in background" and "Optimize the system cache." After applying the settings, the capabilities of the system cache will be increased, this will help reduce memory load and speed up the launch and operation of some applications.

Change the paging file value on the same “Advanced” tab in “Performance Options”. This is the current size of the system cache, which stores information about the operation of applications. By default, the system automatically specifies the appropriate paging file value, but if your computer has weak RAM, you can increase this parameter doubled. For large quantities random access memory The paging file can be completely disabled. This will speed up system applications.

Increase the cache in your Internet browser, which stores information about previously loaded pages and other elements, which leads to faster opening of them later. For example, in Internet Explorer you need to go to “Internet Options”, then to “Browsing History” and click “Options”. Set suitable size cache in the Temporary Files and Logs Settings window. In the Firefox browser, select the “Advanced” tab, then “Network”. Select "Disable" automatic control cache" and set the desired parameters. In Opera, cache settings are edited in the “History” window on the “Advanced” tab in the browser settings.

Browser caches are copies of web pages that the user has already viewed. When you try to view these pages again, the browser (or proxy server) will no longer request them from the web server, but will retrieve them from the cache. Using a cache reduces network load and increases page loading speed. To speed up loading, the game stores resources in the browser cache and takes them from there as needed. To prevent resources from being evicted from the cache over time, it maximum size needs to be increased.

Increase Internet Explorer (IE) and Microsoft Edge cache

1) Launch Internet Explorer and enter the browser menu

(button in the upper right corner) and select Browser properties;
2) Go to the tab Are common and in the section Browser history click the button Options»;
3) Set the required cache size (500-1000 MB):

4) Agree with the changes made by double-clicking the “ OK».

Change Internet settings Explorer also affects the browser Microsoft Edge(only available on Windows 10).

Increase Mozilla Firefox cache

1) Enter the browser menu

(button in the upper right corner) and click the " Settings»;
2) Select a section on the left Privacy and Security;
3) Check the box Disable automatic cache management and set your value (at least 500 MB is recommended):

OK».

Increase cache of Opera versions< 15

1) Enter the browser menu by pressing Ctrl+F12 or

(button in the upper left corner), and select " Settings» → « General settings »:

2) Select a section from above Advanced and go to the subsection Story:

3) Uncheck the box Clear on exit and set the maximum values for the options " Memory cache" And " Disk cache»;
4) Agree with the changes made by clicking the “ OK».

Increasing the cache of Chromium-based browsers

The list of browsers based on the Chromium engine includes browsers such as Chrome, Opera latest versions, Yandex browser and others. WITH full list you can find it at the link. The cache size of Chromium-based browsers changes the same way.

Standard means do not provide for increasing the cache size, so we use alternative way- adding parameters separated by a space --disk-cache-dir="с:\browserсache" --disk-cache-size=1073741824 in the shortcut for the executable file.

C:\browserсache - cache folder, indicated in quotes, the path is chosen at your discretion;
1073741824 - cache size in bytes, in this case it is 1 GB.

Instructions for increasing the cache using an example Google browser Chrome:
1) Find the shortcut with which you launch the browser (for example, Chrome), right-click on it and click “ Properties».
2) Go to the tab Label and in the field An object after ...chrome.exe" put a space and enter the line --disk-cache-dir="C:\ChromeCache" --disk-cache-size=1073741824

3) Agree with the changes made by clicking the “ OK».

Increasing Standalone Flash Player cache

See Increase Internet Explorer (IE) and Microsoft Edge cache as Standalone Flash Player uses Internet Explorer cache.

The cache in browsers is designed to store information downloaded from the network. When you reopen a site you've already visited, your browser downloads most of the data from your computer's cache, resulting in faster page loading times and less bandwidth. Increasing the cache size is useful if you have a low-speed Internet connection, play online browser games, or frequently watch streaming videos.

In this browser, increasing the cache size is very easy. Click on the Firefox button and select “Settings” from the drop-down menu, and then “Settings” again.

In the window that opens, select the “Advanced” tab, switch to “Network” and check the box next to “Disable automatic cache management.” After this, you can manually set any value. Click "OK", restart the browser and the changes will take effect.

In this browser, you need to select “Tools” and go to “Internet Options”. In the “General” tab, find the “Options” button in the “Browsing history” field. A window will open where you can manually adjust the cache size in the “Used disk space...” item.

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Using standard means through the settings menu in Chrome, you cannot increase the cache size, since it is dynamic in this browser. If you still want to manually set this parameter, do the following:

Right-click the browser shortcut on your desktop and select Properties.
Go to the “Shortcut” tab and add the following in the “Object:” field, separated by a space: --disk-cache-dir="c:\chromeсache" --disk-cache-size=536870912, where 536870912 is the cache size in bytes (in this case 512 MB).
Click OK and restart your browser.

Look at the screenshot to see what it will look like to understand everything.

Greetings to all. Today we are solving the question of how to increase the cache memory in the browser. This procedure, is especially relevant for comfortable viewing with slow Internet, as well as for fans online games. Therefore, if your video on the Internet slows down or you can’t start your favorite toy, then these instructions are for you.

Note. This method is for old versions, for new versions of Opera, starting from 15, made on the new Chromium engine - read the instructions below, in the Yandex and Google Chrome.

Go to settings – Opera – Settings – General settings or press Ctrl+F12:

The browser settings window will open, here we go to the “Advanced” tab - select the “History” item - and in the “Disk cache” field select maximum value memory – 400 MB. I also advise you to check the box next to “Clean on exit” so that when you close Opera, it is automatically cleaned and does not clog up the system again.

Then click “OK” and you’re done – now gaming will become much more comfortable.

Note. If you need to increase by more than 400 MB, then go to the address - “opera:config” (enter in address bar). The advanced settings editor will open. Find the “Disk Cache” item, expand it and at the very end in the “Size” field set the value you need in kilobytes. For example, for 1GB - enter - 1000000 kb. Then click “Save” and restart your browser just in case.

How to increase the cache in the Yandex, Google Chrome and Opera 21 browser

In these browsers, the developers took a completely different path. And it will take you a long time to figure out how to increase this volume for temporary files. Because all actions need to be done not through the browser settings, in the usual way, but through the program launch shortcut, adding some lines, in general, this is not done for ordinary users. But still, the procedure is simple, the main thing is to know what and where to register, and we will deal with this now.

Since the Yandex Chrome and Opera 21 engines are the same (called Chromium), then all the settings are identical, and in the case of our temporary file storage, the actions will be similar.

To increase the cache in the Yandex browser, right-click on the program launch shortcut and select “Properties”:

In the properties, go to the “Shortcut” tab and in the “Object” field, after the word browser.exe, put a space and add this line (for convenience, copy this line and paste it into the desired field, but be careful not to delete the previous contents of the line):

1	-- disk- cache- dir = "c:\YandexCache" -- disk- cache- size = 1073741824

Disk-cache-dir="с:\YandexCache" --disk-cache-size=1073741824

which will mean that we have set the cache size to 1 GB, which will be located in the YandexCache folder on drive C. Naturally, the size (we write in bytes) and the path can be changed at your discretion.

It will look like this:

Then click “Apply” - “OK” and all the cache memory for Yandex is increased! By the way, you can read how to clear the cache in Yandex Browser.

The same goes for Google Chrome. Go to the properties of the Chrome shortcut, go to the “Shortcut” tab and in the “Object” field after chrome.exe put a space and add the line:

Disk-cache-dir="c:\OperaCache" --disk-cache-size=1073741824

Click “Apply” - “OK” and that’s it. In Opera 21 they also increased it by 1GB, which will be located in the OperaCache folder on drive C.

How to increase cache memory in Mozilla Firefox

Go to the Mozilla settings, to do this, click on the “Firefox” button - select “Settings” - and again “Settings”:

In the settings window, go to the “Advanced” tab - then the “Network” tab - then in the “Cached web content” field, check the box next to “Disable automatic cache management” - and set the value you need, for example 1000 MB, that is, 1GB:

After which, click “OK”, reload the browser, just in case, and that’s it. Mozilla Firefox also increased.

How to increase cache memory in Internet Explorer

Go to settings – “Tools” – “Internet Options”:

On the “General” tab, in the “Browsing history” field, click on the “Options” button:

and in the “Used disk space” field set the value you need:

then click “OK” and restart the browser.

And that’s probably all. We have looked at the main browsers, I hope everything is clear. If you have any questions, ask in the comments.

Good luck to all! And see you soon!