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How to Do a Hard Refresh
How to Do a Hard Refresh

A hard refresh clears the browser’s cache for a specific page, and forces it to load the most recent version.

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Written by Ryan Neill
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Sometimes changes made to a website don’t register immediately due to caching. A hard refresh can usually fix this.
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Chrome on Windows

Hold down Control [Ctrl] and click the Reload button.
Or hold down Ctrl and press F5.
Or open Chrome Dev Tools by pressing F12. Once they're open, right click on the refresh button and a menu will drop down. From this menu you can do a hard refresh and/or clear the cache.
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Chrome on Mac

Hold Shift and click the Reload button or hold down ⌘ Command and Shift and then press R.
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Mozilla Firefox on Windows

Hold Ctrl and press F5 or hold down Ctrl and Shift and then press R.
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Mozilla Firefox on Mac

Hold down Shift and click the Reload button or hold down ⌘ Command and Shift and then press R.
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Internet Explorer

Hold Ctrl and press F5 or hold Ctrl and click the Refresh button.

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