How to do a Hard Refresh on your browser
Sometimes it's necessary to do a Hard Refresh to see your changes. A web browser may cache a quite a bit of data to keep your web surfing experience fast and efficient.
However, this might be a bit of a pain in the rear at times when you're working on making changes to a website, since it's hanging onto data prior to your changes.
If you've already purged the cache and you're not seeing the change still, try doing a hard refresh using the steps below.
On Windows and Linux:
Google Chrome:
- Hold down
Ctrl
and click the reload button, or - Press
Ctrl
+F5
orCtrl
+Shift
+R
.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Hold down
Ctrl
and press theF5
key, or - Hold down
Ctrl
+Shift
and pressR
.
Microsoft Edge:
- Hold down
Ctrl
and pressF5
, or - Hold
Ctrl
+Shift
+R
.
Opera:
- Hold down
Ctrl
+F5
, or - Hold
Ctrl
+Shift
+R
.
Safari (Windows version):
- Hold down
Ctrl
+R
orCtrl
+F5
.
On macOS:
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera:
- Hold down
Cmd
+Shift
+R
.
Safari:
- Hold down the
Option
andCmd
keys and then pressE
, or - Hold down
Cmd
+Option
+R
.
Microsoft Edge (macOS version):
- Hold down
Cmd
+Shift
+R
.
These shortcuts can change depending on the browser version and customized keyboard shortcuts, so it's a good idea to refer to the official documentation of the browser if you're running into any issues.