How can I clear the temporary Internet files in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)?

A. When you visit a Web page, IE caches the page contents to disk so that the next time you visit the page, IE can read certain elements (e.g., images) from the local disk instead of having to download them again. This functionality also lets you view pages you've looked at before, even if you're not connected to the Web.

IE stores the files in the %userprofile%Local SettingsTemporary Internet Files folder (e.g., C:Documents and SettingsjohnLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Files). Although you can delete the content directly, which also removes all your cookies, the Microsoft-supported method is as follows:

If you haven't previously deleted the temporary files, the delete process might be time consuming because it might need to delete thousands of small files.