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How to reload the page by emptying cache in Google Chrome?

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Mar 15, 2026793609 views
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I don't know what exactly it's called, by cache refresh I mean, refresh the page after clearing its cache. I don't want to clear the entire browser cache. I can't seem to cache refresh my pages. In Firefox, I know it to be Shift+Refresh. In Chrome, I've tried Ctrl+R, Ctrl+Refresh, Alt+Refresh, Shift+Refresh but none of them work.

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Push F12 or Ctrl+Shift+J to "Open Developer Tools" on Windows (On Mac: Cmd+Opt+I) then you can right click on the refresh icon and select 'Empty Cache and Hard Reload' See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12633425/chrome-browser-reload-options-new-feature The documentation says: For Windows and Linux: Shift+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R (screenshot): For Mac: Cmd+Shft+R): Reloads your current page, ignoring cached content. Although some have reported this works, others have said it does not work corre…

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