How to disable cache in Windows 10 on the Edge browser?

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How to disable or delete browser cache in Windows 10 on the Edge browser?

There are no options on preferences and developer tools (F12)

sayingu · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-03T04:04:30.547

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Open Developer Tools ~~then cache is disabled automatically.~~ And click "Network" tab then click "Always refresh from server" button.
(It only works if the Developer Tools is open)

edited Aug 03 '15 at 04:04

answered Jul 31 '15 at 04:31

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Same for Windows 11. For me its just called "Disable cache". – Passiv Programmer Mar 20 '22 at 16:52

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 12 '18 at 16:29

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Just open Network and click on the selected icon (in the image). It will not cache till the dev tools are open.

edited Jul 12 '18 at 16:29

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answered Jul 12 '18 at 16:15

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This is the same as the answer from July of 2015. – TylerH Jul 12 '18 at 16:30
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It's true that the answers give the same solution, but I think that the screenshot makes this one more clear. – Donald Duck Sep 27 '18 at 18:48

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '21 at 14:31

In all edge shortcut properties (including system) add:

--disk-cache-dir=nul

and clear manually folders:

c:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache\
c:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache\

Now disk cache disable. usefull on ssd disks and working with: Chromium / Google Chrome / Opera / Edge

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 12 '23 at 08:34

With so many of the functions from VS Code working seamlessly and automatically the repeated manual selection in Edge to turn off caching is really disappointing. For Chrome, I find the following works.

Python 3.11.4, aiohttp 3.8.5 and angular 16 using websockets.

Run my webserver, serving pages from dist/angular_project.
ng build --configuration development --watch
From command prompt start chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222 --disable-application-cache
Within VSCode ...

    {
      "name": "chrome python",
      "type": "chrome",
      "request": "attach",
      "port": 9222
    },

In the debug chrome window, open the connection to the python webserver.
In VSCode run the debug config in 4: above.
Set my breakpoints, python, angular, where-ever ... works I suffer a lot less weird why are my edits missing from my code headscratching (yes, user error :P ).

Maybe this works for Edge. It's so hard to find command line switches for Edge I just couldn't be bothered trying. YMMV.

How to disable cache in Windows 10 on the Edge browser?

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