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Ctrl+F5 vs Ctrl+R (On Browsers)

Fresh5 days ago

Mar 15, 2026120937 views

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Is there a difference between these two shortcuts on most browsers?

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Ctrl+F5 does indeed do a force cache purge for that page, while Ctrl+R does not.

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