QUESTION: Will I lose all my saved passwords if I clear the cache in my browser? ANSWER: Routinely clearing the cache in your browser is a recommended maintenance task, but in some cases, it can make ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

Every website you visit installs trackers onto your computer and slows it down subtly. These are called cookies and cached data, which work to track your activity if you regularly visit the same site.

Clearing your cache is one of the most straightforward all-purpose fixes, along with rebooting your device. It can fix lags, random freezes, or crashes, particularly in Windows, and it will free up ...

Safari is the default browser on iPhones and you can clear your Safari cache in a few short steps. Starting with iOS 11, ...

The internet is a nosy place. In this series, Lifehacker explains how to protect one of the most important aspects of modern life: your privacy. When you use the internet on your laptop, tablet, or ...

If you use the Web a lot, you may want to occasionally or regularly remove all traces of your Internet activity: your browser cache files, chat transcripts, cookies, or other files. Allume’s Internet ...

The prospect of Web users being tracked by the sites they visit has prompted several countermeasures over the years, including using Privacy Badger or an alternate ...

Pronounced "browser cash." A temporary storage area in memory or on disk that holds the most recently downloaded Web pages. As you jump from Web page to Web page, caching those pages in memory lets ...