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The "Disable Cache" option in Chrome Developer Tools stopped working about a week ago (Mid February 2021).

Is anyone else having this problem and is there a fix for it? I mean a browser fix. I already know how to "Trick" a browser into reloading resources, but Disable Cache was working fine until recently and is the simplest, preferred solution.

I can't recall having changed anything browser or network related. It just suddenly stopped working.

Super Kai - Kazuya Ito
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Maybe you have a general problem with cache control. You can see my answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/67366558/4489551, and I hope it will help you.

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    So the problem went away on its own after 2 days. I dont believe in glitches, but I think thats what this was because as mentioned I changed nothing in .htaccess or headers anywhere when the problem started. I appreciate your answer and maybe it will help other people in same situation.. – Edward May 05 '21 at 05:39
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    UPDATE: Friends, it happened to me again. Chrome Developer Tools "Disable Cache" is not working for *one* client website. That is a new clue! Also, client has both of them are hosted on Bluehost. Disable Cache works for one but not for the other. Its been 4 days and Disable Cache still does not work for that other site. – Edward Mar 22 '22 at 19:57
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According to the answer below on Google Chrome Help, you cannot disable cache on Google Chrome even if turning on Disable cache in Network on Developer Tools. *I experimented it with Google Chrome and Firefox by myself, then both cannot disable cache:

You can't disable cache due to performance problem. It is same problem on other browser such as FireFox, Chromium, Brave, Opera.

So every test on Google Chrome, you need to clear cache following the doc. *You can open the page to clear cache with Ctrl+Shift+Del which also works on Firefox. Or you can empty cache and reload the page with Ctrl+F5, Shift+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R (Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R in Firefox). Or you can use the Google Chrome extension Clear Cache to clear cache.

Super Kai - Kazuya Ito
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