For questions about web browsers caching data on the local machine.
Questions tagged [browser-cache]
276 questions
419
votes
11 answers
Clear cache for specific domain name in chrome
I want to clear the cache for a specific domain name in Chrome. Is there an extension or other method that I can use to do this?
Benjamin Crouzier
- 5,818
- 11
- 33
- 44
365
votes
13 answers
How to reload the page by emptying cache in Google Chrome?
I don't know what exactly it's called, by cache refresh I mean, refresh the page after clearing its cache. I don't want to clear the entire browser cache.
I can't seem to cache refresh my pages. In Firefox, I know it to be Shift+Refresh.
In Chrome,…
gAMBOOKa
- 361
- 2
- 8
- 17
339
votes
15 answers
How can I clear a single site from the cache in Firefox?
In Firefox, I occasionally need to clear my cache to fix a website. But clearing the entire cache seems like extreme overkill. Is there any way to just clear the one site from my cache?
Ryan C. Thompson
- 11,563
- 9
- 47
- 69
297
votes
9 answers
Clear 301-redirect cache in Firefox
Is it possible to clear only 301-redirects from Firefox's cache? CTRL+F5 doesn't do the job since you just reload the target without caching but do not clear the cached redirect.
An option to disable caching of those redirects completely would be…
ThiefMaster
- 6,007
- 9
- 36
- 43
154
votes
7 answers
Google Chrome - Clear Cache for Specific Website
I recently created a free web hosting account on x10Hosting. Let's use www.example.x10host.com as my example domain. Before signing up for the domain, I visited the domain to see if it was available. When I saw that it was, I registered it, and…
DaveTheMinion
- 5,488
- 25
- 61
- 99
73
votes
10 answers
How to turn off the Firefox cache?
I'm using Firefox 3.5.2. For some reason, it has cached a page and won't update. For example, I added an alert('test'); statement to some JavaScript code which is loaded on the page, but Firefox doesn't see it. When I do a view source, I still see…
Click Upvote
- 4,200
- 10
- 35
- 39
71
votes
8 answers
Can I disable the cache in Chrome for specific hosts?
I like using Chrome as my everyday browser, as well as for web dev work. I'd like to be able to prevent Chrome from caching anything from localhost (or really, any arbitrary host name) so that I don't have to hard-refresh (Ctrl-Shift-R) all the…
Matt Ball
- 3,752
- 2
- 25
- 27
65
votes
2 answers
Where has chrome://cache been moved to?
In the past it was possible to browse the browser cache by visiting chrome://cache/ but it seems to have been (re)moved?
Wesley
- 703
- 1
- 6
- 7
60
votes
7 answers
How to view Chrome's cached web page?
I visited a webpage but now the webpage has been removed or the server is down. I assume that Chrome has cached a version of this webpage. If so, how can I view this webpage?
Jack
- 2,861
- 5
- 27
- 30
55
votes
9 answers
How can I force Safari to perform a full page reload, without using the mouse?
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…
Gabe
- 681
- 1
- 5
- 10
51
votes
2 answers
Keystroke to reload a page without cache in Chrome for OS X
According to the Chrome Docs, the Ctrl/Shift+F5 keystroke is only supported on Windows.
Is there any keystroke I can do to fully reload a page without the cache on Chrome for Mac?
devios1
- 715
- 1
- 5
- 10
42
votes
13 answers
How to disable browser cache in Chrome
I don't even use this browser normally, just for testing purposes, and the directory size of "Chrome" in "AppData\Local\Google" is like 500 MB.
Is there a way I can disable page cache in Chrome?
Alex
- 899
- 5
- 20
- 32
41
votes
3 answers
Location of Chrome cache on Mac OS X
After a bit of Googling, I'm able to find the location of Chrome cached files on Windows but not on OS X. Would anyone know what the location is for Mac?
PatrickS
- 563
- 1
- 4
- 8
37
votes
3 answers
What is Chrome default cache size limit?
What is Chrome default cache size limit? Where it can be found?
demidov-alex
- 373
- 1
- 3
- 6
29
votes
9 answers
How to recover form information for a webpage in Firefox
I filled out a lengthy form on a webpage which rejected my submission due to a server error. I can't seem to recover the form input.
Is there any way in Firefox to look into caches, history, etc. to recover this information?
Jason S
- 7,503
- 16
- 60
- 79