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How to force refresh without cache in Google Chrome?

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Mar 15, 2026762444 views

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Does Chrome have an equivalent to Firefox's Ctrl+F5 refresh? I can't seem to find one. I changed my gravatar last night, and I can see the new one in Firefox after a Ctrl+F5 refresh, but Chrome seems to be stubbornly hanging on to the old Gravatar. I guess I could manually clear out the cache, but if there is a keyboard command to do it I'd like to know what it is (since it would be helpful for web development too).

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In the opened developer tools (Ctrl+Shft+I or ⌘+⌥+I): Select the Network tab Activate Disable cache check-box. DO NOT CLOSE Developer tools - otherwise cache is re-enabled.

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