How can I force Safari to perform a full page reload, without using the mouse?

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I'm using Safari to preview web pages as I develop them on my local server. I've got 'Disable Caches' checked in the Develop menu. And yet Safari is still working from a cached version of a stylesheet that's linked from the HTML file being displayed.

I can sometimes override this by Option-clicking the reload button in the location bar, but I want to refresh the page automatically when I save the CSS file. At the moment I'm doing it using an AppleScript that's bound to the Save action in my text editor. I could see using Keyboard Maestro instead. But I need some consistent way to force Safari to do a full reload from the keyboard.

Do you have any extensions installed. Had this problem once with Adblock... It messed up one page in particular, thought it was a stylesheet problem too, tried everything... but it was Adblock messing with it. — unom, Jan 08 '14 at 22:08

score 55 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 24 '18 at 21:35

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Enable the Develop menu from Safari menu - Preferences - Advanced.

On Safari version 11.1 and above :

CMD+OPTION+R reloads the page ignoring cache.

On Safari version 9 and above :

CMD+SHIFT+R reloads the page ignoring cache.

Emptying caches seems not to reload the stylesheets everytimes…

On Safari below version 9 :

Empty cache and then reload so full "hot key" would be :

CMD+OPTION+E

Then

CMD+R to refresh the page

Of course probably turning opening and closing a New Private Windowfrom the File would also work but…

edited Sep 24 '18 at 21:35

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 17:44

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that didn't work for me on Safari 8 – Brian Tingle Sep 11 '15 at 05:49
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Safari version 9.1.1 does not reload the page with Cmd-Shift-R. I have "Show Develop in menu bar" enabled. – Jason Jun 21 '16 at 13:46
cmd+shift+R didn't work for me in 9.1.3 either – sfletche Oct 13 '16 at 17:07
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Cmd+Shift+R didn't work in Version 10.0.1 (11602.2.14.0.7). – Snowcrash Feb 14 '17 at 10:59
Checkout [@sayan's answer](https://superuser.com/a/1314295/214024) below for a working shortcut – Vlad May 17 '18 at 14:35

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '18 at 17:26

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The shortcut has now changed to OPTION + CMD + R. (Safari 11.1)

answered Apr 15 '18 at 17:26

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Works perfectly! – kerrin Apr 25 '18 at 04:23

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 29 '11 at 00:53

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There is an option in the menubar Develop->Disable Caches. This is true for Safari 5.1. I'm not sure for the rest.

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edited Jul 29 '11 at 00:53

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answered Jul 28 '11 at 15:40

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Please read the second sentence of my question again. – Gabe Jul 28 '11 at 17:06
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Oops, I'm sorry :) – mist Jul 29 '11 at 07:01
I think the keyboard maestro method be to activate the “disable caches” menu bar item, reload the page, then deactivate it. – BallpointBen Aug 23 '23 at 04:42

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 27 '14 at 09:45

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Hard refresh was removed as a keyboard shortcut in Safari 5. The old command for that was ⌘+SHIFT+R

CTRL+F5 May work but I can't test here.

edited Feb 27 '14 at 09:45

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answered Sep 09 '10 at 15:05

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Yes, that's how to refresh the page, but it doesn't bypass the cache. – Gabe Sep 09 '10 at 16:02
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Control-F5 just selects the location bar, like Command-L. – Gabe Sep 09 '10 at 16:45
Then it's been disabled completely. I found a number of threads complaining about it. There is an extension that I have NOT tested here: http://twitter.com/siracusa/status/15683201068 that may do what you want. – JNK Sep 09 '10 at 16:47
No, that extension just creates a button in the toolbar (which I guess some people prefer to the icon in the location bar). I also found a lot of threads complaining about it—i was wondering if someone on here had any special knowledge. – Gabe Sep 09 '10 at 19:37
Sorry! :( <15chars> – JNK Sep 09 '10 at 19:47
Shift + Click on the refresh button – Brian Wigginton Apr 07 '11 at 00:14

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 27 '13 at 14:29

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Turn on Private mode and refresh the page. It won't get it from the cache in private mode.

edited Sep 27 '13 at 14:29

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answered Sep 27 '13 at 13:20

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 14:04

I stumble upon this question and apparently the current answers do not work.

Issue is currently CMD+ALT+R opens the Responsive design.

However if the inspector is open via CMD+ALT+I, then the same shortcut does a clean refresh.

Current Safari Version: 12.1.2

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 11 '12 at 07:46

Workaround: in the develop menu, select "start debugging javascript" and it must reload the code properly. You can then stop debugging... I know it's not a clean solution and I'm not sure if it works always or in all versions, but it's working for me now.

rraallvv · Answer 8 · 2015-10-23T12:59:16.797

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CMD+L focus on the address bar SHIFT+ALT+ENTER full reload for the current address

It seems to work on Safari 9

edited Oct 23 '15 at 12:59

answered Oct 23 '15 at 12:46

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And how does one click without a mouse? – qasdfdsaq Oct 23 '15 at 12:51
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@qasdfdsaq My bad, edited the question. – rraallvv Oct 23 '15 at 13:00

score -3 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 21 '13 at 04:48

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Go to Safari's preferences and tick "Show develop menu". In the develop menu, click disable Caches.

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Please read the second sentence of my question. – Gabe Feb 21 '13 at 11:55

How can I force Safari to perform a full page reload, without using the mouse?

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