University of Tasmania, Australia

UTAS Home | UTAS Staff | UTAS Contacts

Clearing Your JAVA Plug-in Cache

UTAS Home ›  › Learning and Teaching Online › Known Issues  › Clearing Your JAVA Plug-in Cache

Windows

  1. Click Start > Control Panel.

  2. Double-click the Java icon in the control panel.

  3. Click Settings under Temporary Internet Files

  4. The Temporary Files Settings dialog box appears.

  5. Click Delete Files.

  6. The Delete Temporary Files dialog box appears.

  7. There are three options on this window to clear the cache (Delete Files, View Applications, and View Applets), select ALL 3.

  8. Click OK on Delete Temporary Files window.

  9. Click OK on Temporary Files Settings window.

Mac OS X

  1. Navigate to the Java folder from your hard drive: HD > Applications > Utilities > Java.

  2. Open the Java Preferences application.

  3. Click on the General tab.

  4. Click the Delete Files button (under the Temporary Internet Files section).