Anything loading after that point is not officially part of the page (a page can keep issuing requests for hours) so it will NOT be 'refreshed' with any combination of f5. one of them is labeled 'Load event fired' on hover. There are two vertical lines at the right hand side. The network tab of the developer tools show a waterfall of all resources as they are loaded. However: a longstanding known issue in Chrome, Chrome Forced Refresh does not ignore cache (and the more recent Reload/Refresh does not refresh), or maybe actually a feature in WebKit, Dynamically inserted subresources aren't revalidated even when the containing document is reloaded, makes Chrome not clear ALL related caches when using the above methods. The only way to force relying on the cache (without the browser even asking for possible changes) seems to be clicking a link on the web page, or by following a bookmarked link, or by going into the URL location bar and hitting Return there (Command+L, Return). Safari for Mac: There is no simple keyboard shortcut to force. Chrome or Firefox for Mac: Press Shift+Command+R.
This is true for most, if not all, modern browsers. Because there are multiple ways to do the same action, they will be listed below: Chrome, Firefox, or Edge for Windows: Press Ctrl+F5 (If that doesn’t work, try Shift+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R). For most, if not all, content the server should then respond with 304 Not Modified. On a Mac, it's Shift+Command+R, or holding down Shift while clicking the reload button (as opposed to Command+R or a normal click for a regular refresh).įor Shift+Command+R, cache is simply ignored and resources are requested like no cache existed.įor Command+R, Chrome will issue If-Modified-Since or Etag requests to the web server, even for things that are actually cached. 1,991 1 1 gold badge 9 9 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges