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Clear Cache, Cookies and History on Samsung Galaxy Tab

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Clearing the cache to your browser is beneficial. It can help your browsing sessions be faster and resolve some issues, and it can give you more free space in your phone's storage memory.

==Instructions==

# Open your tab's home screen and tap on "Browser" '''(World icon)'''. [[File:Touch Browser.png|center]]
# Touch "Menu" to open the list of options that you can select. [[File:Touch Menu.png|center]]
# Now touch "Settings", the gear looking icon. [[File:Touch Settings.png|center]]
# Look for "Clear cache", then tap that option. [[File:Clear Cache.png|center]]
# Tap on "Yes" to agree on deleting the cache. [[File:Tap on Yes.png|center]]
# Now look for "Clear all cookies and data" to erase them. [[File:Clear all cookie data.png|center]]
# Tap on "Yes" again to agree and start the process of deleting. [[File:Touch yes for cookie.png|center]]
# Once you see that "Clear cache" and "Clear all cookies" options have been grayed out, that means all are cleared.[[File:All cleared.png|center]]

==Delete cookies and cache on Google Chrome browser==

# Go to your applications and look for "Settings icon" '''(gear icon) in the list of applications.'''
# On the list of options, look for "Application manager".
# In the application manager, select your Google Chrome from the list of items.
# On the page of options in Google Chrome, you need to tap "Clear cache" and then "Clear data". Cookies are included in the data section.

==Delete cache and cookies on a latest Samsung Tab==

# Look for the Internet icon, the globe icon, and launch it.
# Tap the "Options" icon to open the drop down menu and tap on the "Settings" option, with the gear icon.
# On the list of categories, such as General, Privacy and Security, Accessibility, Advanced, Bandwidth Management and Labs, tap "Privacy and security".
# Tap the first option for "Clear cache" and tap "OK" to start the process.
# Under cookies, tap on "Clear all cookie data" and tap on "OK" again to start the process, then wait until it's done.

Once both options turn gray, this means it has been cleared.

==Why clear the cache and cookies in the browser==

Information from any website that you have visited is stored in hundreds of thousands of files in your phone memory. Huge websites with too many fancy things are heavy to load in your browser, and they may occupy a large space in the phone memory. Each time you visit a website, part of the process is saved in the browser's cache for the browser to display stored files from the server, and these stored files can help cut the load times whenever you visit the website again.

From time to time, web developers have to make updates to the files that comprise their website to add another feature. If you maintain those old saved files, there is a tendency that it will load the old web information, and then it may not function correctly. You may encounter run time errors and missing buttons on the website, and you may be unable to save the time sheet. The performed action may not respond appropriately, but deleting the cache and cookies will resolve the issue.




==Questions and Answers==

===I have an older Samsung Galaxy tablet that I'm trying to delete the history from?===
'''''How do I delete the surfing history from this device?  Thanks.'''''

Deleting cache. Cookies and history from your older Android device can fix many of its speed issues. Follow the steps below to clear the history of your Samsung Galaxy Tab:

#On your home screen, tap on the 'Apps' icon.
#Open the Internet browser.
#Touch the menu button.
#Select 'Settings' from the menu.
#Tap on the 'Clear History' option, which is located under the 'Privacy Settings' section. If you also want to clear your cache, tap on the 'Clear Cache' option.
#Now you should see a popup asking if you are sure about clearing your history.
#Click on the 'Yes' button to proceed.
#Your browsing history has been cleared.

===How do I get to the globe icon?===
''I'm trying to clean my history and cookies but I can't figure out how to do it''

The globe icon is labeled "Internet" and can be found either on your home screen or inside the "Apps" folder.

# Press the home button.
# If the globe icon is not anywhere on the home screen, locate the "Apps" icon, which looks like a set of boxes stacked upon each other.
# Tap on the "Apps" icon.
# You will be able to locate the Internet icon by tapping it on the screen. If it is not on the screen, swipe left or right to locate it.

===My tablet is set to show browsing history for today, yesterday and 7 days, how can I reset it not to show any history?===
''My tablet is set to show today, yesterday and 7 days history of browsing history, how I cancel it''

#Go into the Google App Settings Menu. 
#Select Accounts and Privacy.
#Choose Google Accounts History.
#Select Web and App Activity.
#Tap to remove the default setting to save browsing of Web and App Activity.
#If you have Google Now you can also change the settings from within that app.
=== I want to clear cookies on my Samsung Tab A? ===
'' I want to clear cookies on my Samsung Tab A. I have tried: Googling how to clear cookies on this tablet. I think it was caused by: Don't know ''

You can clear the cookies on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A by following the steps within the article on this page. Make sure that you clear the cookies for all the internet browsers that you use on the phone such as Chrome.


=== Where is the menu button after opening the world icon? ===
''''' I am trying to clean the cookies out of my tablet. I cannot find the menu button after I open the world icon . '''''

The menu button is located at the bottom of the device, usually outside of the screen either to the left or to the right of the tablet if you hold it in the portrait mode.

In some Galaxy Tabs, the menu button is the leftmost and should light up as you touch it. In other Samsung Galaxy Tabs, it can be even on the screen, in the lower-left corner in the black-stripe area along with the time. 

If you do not see the menu button, then tap and hold the multitask button (it looks like two rectangles one behind another) to use the menu function.

If you cannot locate the button at all, then you may have a three-line (a hot-dog menu) or three-dot icon in the application that replaces the function of the menu button.





=== I need to remove details that the tablet has remembered that are now cold. It is saying the info doesn't match. It's still using the old info? ===
''''' Have changed an account with new sign in details. Tablet does not recognize them because the old ones are still remembered. Do not want to remove all the history and all the cookies, just one '''''

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=== I have a Samsung tab 3 & having trouble clearing cache, cookies, history? ===
''''' Your Question:. I have a Samsung tab 3 & having trouble clearing cache, cookies, history. Question Details:. I'm not able to locate the home key to get me to privacy area to clear cache. I have tried: From browser AT&T, scrolled down  to application  manager, then I'm lost? I think it was caused by: I don't know what icon should I tap, and what to do? '''''

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