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Sometimes during a normal page reload/refresh, a browser loads resources (such as code and images) from its local cache instead of fetching new copies from the server. To force it to load resources from the server, you can perform a hard reload. To do this, find your operating system below and use the keyboard shortcut indicated.
Sometimes during a normal page reload/refresh, a browser loads resources (such as code and images) from its local cache instead of fetching new copies from the server. To force it to load resources from the server, you can perform a hard reload. To do this, find your operating system and browser below and use the keyboard shortcut indicated.


== Windows ==
== Windows ==
For Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Internet Explorer on Windows, hold <code>^ Control</code> and press <code>F5</code>.
 
=== Google Chrome, ===
 
=== Google Chrome, ===
 
=== Chrome, Firefox, Edge ===
Hold <code>^ Control</code> and press <code>F5</code>.


== macOS ==
== macOS ==
For Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge on macOS, press <code>⌘ Command</code> + <code>⇧ Shift</code> + <code>R</code>.


For Safari on macOS, press <code>⌥ Option</code> + <code>⌘ Command</code> + <code>R</code>.
=== Chrome, Firefox, Edge ===
Hold <code>⌘ Command</code> and <code>⇧ Shift</code> and then press <code>R</code>.
 
=== Safari ===
Hold <code>⌥ Option</code> and <code>⌘ Command</code> and then press <code>R</code>.


== ChromeOS ==
== ChromeOS ==
Press <code>^ Control</code> + <code>↻</code>.
Hold <code>^ Control</code> and press <code>↻</code>.


== Linux ==
== Linux ==
For Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on Linux, press <code>^ Control</code> + <code>F5</code>.
 
=== Chrome/Chromium, Firefox ===
Hold <code>^ Control</code> and press <code>F5</code>.
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Revision as of 17:22, 10 November 2022

Sometimes during a normal page reload/refresh, a browser loads resources (such as code and images) from its local cache instead of fetching new copies from the server. To force it to load resources from the server, you can perform a hard reload. To do this, find your operating system and browser below and use the keyboard shortcut indicated.

Windows

Google Chrome,

Google Chrome,

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Hold ^ Control and press F5.

macOS

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Hold ⌘ Command and ⇧ Shift and then press R.

Safari

Hold ⌥ Option and ⌘ Command and then press R.

ChromeOS

Hold ^ Control and press .

Linux

Chrome/Chromium, Firefox

Hold ^ Control and press F5.