By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
Internet Explorer is one of the dominant and most favored browsers for many years in the world. However, Internet Explorer is complained by users that it runs slower and slower after using over a period of time and the speed of page loading has been slowed down. How to improve Internet Explorer' performance if you are facing such issues? Below are 5 effective ways to speed up Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10.
Overview:
If you open too many tabs and windows at the same time when you are running your Internet Explorer 11 on your computer, your browser will be so stressed out that the browsing speed will definitely be decreased. So under this circumstance, you should close some unnecessary tabs and windows in order to free up your browser.
Internet Explorer will cache web pages that you have visited and cookies coming from those pages and it will save a lot of temporary files in the background, which will lead to a poorer browser performance. So when you are facing such Internet Explorer performance issues and want to speed up IE, you can go to clear the temporary files and cookies.
Step 1. Open your Internet Explorer browser.
Step 2. Go to the Tool icon which is shaped as a cog at the right top of the interface, and then choose Internet Options from the drop-down menu.
Step 3. In the Internet Options panel, click the Delete button under the section of Browsing history under the General tab.
Step 4. Then you will come to the Delete Browsing History panel. Choose the types of data or files you want to remove by checking the box next to it, and then select Delete.
Step 5. Then you can close the Internet Explorer panel and check if that helps to make Internet Explorer faster.
Internet Explorer 11 add-ons make some certain extra web sites and services become available. However, it can also become one of the main causes to lead to poor performance of Internet Explorer and sometimes even crash your browser. So you can choose to disable some unwanted add-ons.
Step 1. Click the Tool icon, and then select Manage add-ons.
Step 2. In the Manage Add-ons window, choose All add-ons under Show. Then choose the add-on that you want to turn off and select Disable to turn off it.
Step 3. Then you can close the panel.
You can reset all zones to the default settings to see whether it would work to speed up IE 11.
Step 1. Go to the Tools>Internet Options and then click the Security tab.
Step 2. Then click the button of Reset all Zones to Default level.
Step 3. Click Apply>OK to save changes and close the Internet Explorer panel.
When we are using Internet Explorer, there may be something wrong appearing, which makes the browser become unstable and makes its original settings get changed. In that case, you can try to reset Internet Explorer settings. Here are the steps:
Step 1. Click the Tools icon>Internet Options, and then select the tab of Advanced.
Step 2. Tap Reset under Reset Internet Explorer settings section.
Tip: Pay attention to that the choice of resetting is not reversible. But if you don't want to reset Internet Explorer settings, you can also choose to Restore advanced settings here. Then click Apply>OK.
Step 3. Then there will be a window popping up asking you "Are you sure you want to reset all Internet Explorer settings", click Reset to confirm your action.
Step 4. When the process is finished, click the Close button.
Step 5. Restart your Internet Explorer to see if the Internet Explorer speed has been boosted.
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