Cache

By default, Opera caches all content (documents, images, and other content) on webpages. To enable rapid access, Opera uses your computer's memory to store recently visited webpages. It's generally a good idea to let Opera handle memory caching automatically.

To display the cache, type opera:cache into the address field.

Cache options

Opera stores visited pages both in memory and on disk, so they will be available after a restart. To change the cache settings, go to Settings > Preferences > Advanced > History and choose from the following options in the Disk Cache section:

Action	How to do it	Notes
Empty the cache	Click Empty now	This deletes all cached content from the disk
Change cache disk size	Choose the size from the drop-down list	Increase this if you want to keep more local copies of pages, and for longer. Zero means that writing to disk will be avoided as far as possible.
Empty cache on exit	Check Empty on exit.	This deletes the cache automatically every time you exit Opera
Change how often cached pages are checked for updates	In the Check if cached page is updated on the server section, select a less-frequent time interval from the drop-down list for either documents or images	The browser checks for new versions when you revisit a page, even though most web content is not updated very often. Checking for changes less often may speed up browsing. Note that you may sometimes have to reload to get the newest version.

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