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How to Clear Your Flash Cache and Browser Cache

Oct 17, 2010 08:58 PM
Nov 15, 2013 10:44 PM

Sometimes you come across problems and glitches when you're playing FarmVille, FrontierVille, any of your facebook games, or even just using the internet for ordinary purposes! It might just be getting really slow, or you might start losing data or in-game items. As the Zynga customer support article will tell you, you sometimes need to clear you browser and flash cache! Here are some simple steps to do just that!

Flash Cache

Right Click Anywhere on Your Flash Game. Select Global Settings...

How to Clear Your Flash Cache and Browser Cache

You'll Get to This Page Where You'll Want to Click on Storage Settings Panel

Settings Manager interface with a focus on global privacy and security settings.

When the Panel Loads, Click the Button to Delete All Sites and You're Done!

Also, click this link to get to the website storage settings panel seen below.

Website Storage Settings panel for managing website storage preferences.

Browser Cache

Go to "How to Clear Your Cache on Any Web Browser" for more instructions based on your individual operating system and browser!

Chrome users:

Click on the chrome or tools tab. Select Clear Browsing Data.

Clear Browsing Data menu in Google Chrome.

In the popup, select 'empty the cache'. You can check these other boxes or not, it's up to you, but the cache will make the most improvement. Click the clear browsing data button and when the box goes away everything is all clear and ready to go! You might want to close and reopen your browser to make sure everything is set to go.

Clear browsing data options, including history, downloads, cookies, and cache settings.

Firefox users:

Click tools then Clear Recent History...

Browser menu with "Tools" dropdown, showing options like "Web Search," "Downloads," and "Clear Recent History."

Select what you want to clear and click Clear now.

Clear recent history settings with options for selecting data types to clear.

In summary...

Again, to see how to do this for all the other browsers, click this link! I've only done Chrome and Firefox to save space as these are the most popular browsers.

I use a mac so your screens may appear slightly different. Click around until you find something similar and everything should go smoothly. Good luck!

If clearing your caches doesn't help, try restarting your computer or using another browser. If that doesn't help, you may need to contact Facebook or Zynga support, but be prepared for them to give you the same answer I just did!

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