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Matrym
Matrym

Reputation: 17073

How much cache-space will browsers use?

I'm curious how many MB/GB the various browsers will cache before prematurely deleting older cache files. Do you know? For bonus points, in which order will the cached files be deleted (beyond the ones which have expired).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2151

Answers (1)

Matt Ball
Matt Ball

Reputation: 360066

It depends entirely on what the browser's preferences are set to.

Example (Firefox 4):

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Example (IE 8):

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Bonus points time

Typical cache expiration algorithms are

Upvotes: 7

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