Performing a Hard Refresh on your Browser

A hard refresh is a way of clearing the browser’s cache for a specific page to force it to load the most recent version of a page. Sometimes, when changes are made to the website, they don’t register immediately due to caching. A hard refresh will usually fix this, though occasionally, completely clearing the cache is necessary.

How to do a hard refresh on various browsers? This guide discusses hard refresh on these particular browsers:

• Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox and related browsers
• Internet Explorer
• Safari

Chrome

A quick, hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys on machines using the following operating systems:

• Windows/Linux
• Mac

Windows/Linux

Use the following methods to perform a hard refresh on a Chrome browser installed on a Windows/Linux machine:

1. Hold down and click the button.

2. Or, Hold down and press .

3. Or, Open the Chrome Dev Tools by pressing . Once the Chrome dev tools are open, right-click the refresh button, and choose an option on the dropdown menu. This menu allows you to do a hard refresh or even clear the cache and do a hard refresh automatically.

Mac

Use the following methods to perform a hard refresh on a Chrome browser installed in a machine using a Mac OS:

1. Hold and click the button.

2. Or, hold down and key and then press .

3. Or, Open the Chrome Dev Tools by pressing and together. Once the Chrome dev tools are open, right-click the refresh button, and choose an option from the dropdown menu. This menu gives you the option of doing a hard refresh or clearing the cache and doing a hard refresh automatically.

Mozilla Firefox and related browsers

A hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys on machines using the following operating systems:

• Windows/Linux
• Mac

Windows/Linux

Use the following methods to perform a hard refresh on a Mozilla (or other related) browser installed in a Windows/Linux machine:

1. Hold the key and press the key.

2. Or, hold down and and then press .

Mac

Use the following methods to perform a hard refresh on a Mozilla (or other related) browser installed in a Mac OS machine:

1. Hold down the and click the button.

2. Or, hold down and and then press .

Microsoft Edge

Use the following methods to perform a hard refresh on a Microsoft Edge browser installed in a Windows/Linux machine:

1. Hold the key and press the key.

2. Or, hold the key and click the button.

Safari

Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys in Mac OS:

1. Hold the and key and then press the key.