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Does holding down Ctrl/Shift while clicking refresh actually have an effect in modern browsers?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202610189 views
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I have been pressing Ctrl or Shift while clicking refresh for so long out of habit that I am not even sure it has any effect in modern browsers. In the past it was used to do a 'hard refresh' - i.e. not reloading anything from the cache. Does this still apply? If so, is the effect it has still the …

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Fix for: Does holding down Ctrl/Shift while clicking refresh actually have an effect in modern browsers?

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It does still work and helps bypass the cache - here's a break down of the shortcuts for the common browsers: Internet Explorer Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + click refresh button Google Chrome Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + click refresh button Safari Version 4 or newer: Shif…

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