In Internet Explorer, when deleting Temporary Internet Files, what is "Delete all Offline Content" actually deleting?

I know the directory that gets wiped when you delete temporary internet files: C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. What is getting removed by selecting, "Delete all Offline Content?" Asked by dwdrums 58 months ago Similar questions: Internet Explorer deleting Temporary Files Delete Offline Content Computers > Internet.

Similar questions: Internet Explorer deleting Temporary Files Delete Offline Content.

Provided 3 source of answer for your Q (2 article and 1 forum post). Hope it helps! Below are my answer, one of the answers conclude what are the main purpose of "Delete all offline content", the other one is a forum post (sililar Q as your) and the last article basically explain in details in what are the purpose of "Delete all offline content".

---From the article title 'Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files' from mvps.org, by checking the tick box in "Delete all offline content", click OK. This will removes the junk files such as downloaded files, zero byte files created by Outlook Express and many other hidden files that reside in your cache. Snippet from the article "When prompted place a check in: "Delete all offline content", click OK.

This removes the junk files such as downloaded files, zero byte files created by Outlook Express and many other hidden files that reside in your cache. Note: the hidden desktop. Ini actually controls what is viewed in the cache folders.In other words ... when you go to Internet Options | General tab - Settings button| View Files (IE 6) Or if you are using IE7 click Delete Browsing storyMost of the above mentioned (junk) files are actually hidden from view.

"Link :http://www. Mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.Htm---Meanwhile in similar Q were asked in webmasterworld.com forum :Snippet from the post:Q - Embarrassed to ask this elementary question, but I've been unable to find a specific answer anywhere. I've always been reluctant to check the "delete all offline content" box in IE when deleting TIF.

Every explanation I've found says the same thing roughly - "This will delete all web pages saved locally for offline browsing". What I'm not clear on is whether this option will remove all the pages I've been on that I decided to "Save As" over the years and have no desire to get rid of. These pages are located all over my hard drives.

I'm sure someone has the definitive answer and I'd appreciate their help. Thanks, A- "delete all offline content" means that the you will delete Internet Explorer's Temporary Internet Files. This will not delete manually-saved web pages stored outside of the temporary files folder in your profile.

Link :http://www.Webmasterworld.com/forum21/12123. Htm---An article published in xtra.co. Nz, from my point of view explain in details what are the "Delete all Offline Content" function is.

Full article belowOffline BrowsingSometimes when you surf to a website the web page that you see is actually a copy that has been taken by your PC and stored on your Hard Drive and not the most recent copy of the web page at all. This is especially true for web pages that change their content every day - like the Xtra homepage. This can be confusing for inexperienced web surfers.

This is called caching. # To see the most recent version of a Web page just make sure that you are connected to the Internet and then click onto the "Refresh" button on the button toolbar of your Web browser. # If for some reason you can't see the "Refresh" button then check the "View" menu in your menu bar, select "Toolbars" and then make sure that there is a tick next to "Standard buttons".

Internet Explorer 5 actually takes copies of the web pages that you surf to and store them locally on your systems Hard Drive. You can access these cached copies by clicking onto the "story" button on the button toolbar. This will give you an index of the pages that your system has stored locally onto your hard drive.

This is called Offline Browsing - because the pages that you are looking at are actually stored on your computer's Hard Drive and are not being taken from the Internet. Over the course of time your PC will store a lot of web pages on your Hard Drive. This can use a lot of Hard Drive space and this is something to be aware of.

From time to time its a good idea to delete these files off of your Hard Drive so that you can reclaim that used space on your system's Hard Drive. This is called clearing out your Internet cache, or deleting yourTemporary Internet Files. To do this in Internet Explorer version 5 and above,# From the menu bar select "Tools" and click onto "Internet Options".

# From the "Internet Options" page select "Delete Files". You will be prompted to delete all offline content - if you do so then all of the web pages that you have stored on your local Hard Drive will be deleted BUT thestory index will still show shortcuts to the Web Pages you have visited recently in light Grey. Offline Content that has been deleted shows up as Light Grey in the story Index - If you want to access these pages the links are still saved in your PC - but you will be prompted to Connect to the Internet to download the Web page content.

A frequent mistake for new Internet Users is to confuse being online and being offline. Internet Explorer 5 makes it easy for you to tell the difference. # Click onto the "File" menu in the menu bar and select "Work Offline" if you want to stay offline and look through your hard drive's cached Temporary Internet Files.

# Alternatively, to connect and get web content from the Internet check that "Work Offline" is unticked. Sources: link inside .

Removes Junk This removes the junk files such as downloaded files, zero byte files created by Explorer Outlook Express, and many other hidden files that reside in your cache. ~XSpoonX~'s Recommendations Windows XP For Dummies, 2nd Edition Amazon List Price: $21.99 Used from: $11.08 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 33 reviews) New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP Comprehensive, 2005 Service Pack 2 Update (New Perspectives) Amazon List Price: $70.95 Used from: $32.65 .

Offline Content are pages you manually saved Offline Content are pages you manually saved, but the pages the browser automatically saves when you visit a site.

Websites you can view when not connected to the internet To receive a website on your computer you obviously must be connected to the internet. However, you can save a version of a web page so that you can view it later without an internet connection. That is the "Offline Content"..

1 noorhakim, regarding your answer "Provided 3 source of answer for your Q (2 article and 1 forum post). Hope it helps! ":This is exactly what I was looking for... just trying to be cautious because I don't want to remove all the manually saved pages I saved.

Thanks noorhakim! .

Noorhakim, regarding your answer "Provided 3 source of answer for your Q (2 article and 1 forum post). Hope it helps! ":This is exactly what I was looking for... just trying to be cautious because I don't want to remove all the manually saved pages I saved.

Thanks noorhakim!

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