You need to be aware that the Javascript might dynamically generate HTML elements, and the some external resources loaded by the generated element also create some cache. In other words, updating the file cache related to the page doesn’t really mean that you are COMPLETELY erasing the cache on Chrome. That is, the shortcut above is actually NOT clearing all the cache in your Chrome, but it just updates the cache referenced from the page you reload. But wait, before you leave this article, I have to tell you an important thing about file cache on Google chrome. So, with the shortcut command, I think you are happy now. This means you can literally re-load any files that might have been updated on the server. It reloads the page avoiding use of cached data It ignores all the cache for the external files referenced from the page. “Hard reload” does more than the normal reloading. That is basically for improvement in speed of loading the page, but as you know, it causes unexpected behavior when you are updating the resources linked from the page. So again, it is not completely reloading all the file. It uses local cache (file cache stored on your PC) for the external resources other than the page itself. The problem with the normal reloading is, it doesn’t actually re-load all the page entirely. Hard reload on Google Chrome (Windows)īy the way, I believe you already knew the shortcut for normal “Reload”. Very simple, easiest way to clear the file cache. This must be what you want to know first. Keyboard shortcut to clear cache and reload the web page

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