Disable cache in browser

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I work a lot with stylesheets, I change something and I check how it looks. However most if not all current browsers, store the stylesheet and thus won't let me see the differences. Only with a lot of Reset Safari, Empty Cache button presses it suddenly updates but this is really annoying.

Question

Is there a way to disable the cache feature in browsers? So it won't store any files and I will always fetch the latest css from the server.

Ps. Safari's Empty Cache and Reset Safari doesn't always clear the cache and Develop > Disable Cache doesn't seem to do anything.

We have also noticed that Empty Cache and Develop > Disable Cache doesn't do anything, for sure. We are remotely debugging a page on an iPhone from a Mac desktop computer. With other device (namely Android phones), remote debugging with Chrome and having cache disabled via developer tools works like a charm. — Pere, Aug 07 '15 at 14:15

T.J. Crowder · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-12T10:06:25.103

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In Chrome, IE, Firefox, and most other browsers, Ctrl+F5 ("hard refresh") will force reloading cached resources on the page. I do this all the time. I can't speak for Safari, but I'd expect it would do the same.

Edit: I just did a search for "+Safari +hard +refresh" and it looks like on the Mac, you hold down the Options key while clicking refresh. Some sources say Shift also works, and that Command+Option+E clears cache.

edited Jul 12 '11 at 10:06

answered Jul 12 '11 at 09:56

T.J. Crowder

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Is that also for MAC the case or don't you know that? Since in Windows you have CTRL+C and on mac its CMD+C – Mark Jul 12 '11 at 10:01

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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Thanks to T.J. Crowder for helping me in the right direction - I figured it out.

On Windows you can, in fact, press Ctrl+F5 to force the browser to refresh.

On Mac Safari you can hold the Shift button, then press the refresh button to do the same.

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answered Jul 12 '11 at 10:05

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 05:40

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I just found that in the latest version of Safari for macOS, you can press Cmd+Option+R to hard refresh (as opposed to the standard Cmd+R that refreshes with a cache). This is a game changer for me!

Cmd+Shift+R just opens the Reader View on my Mac.

answered Jul 18 '18 at 05:40

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