How to do a hard refresh on your browser

Sometimes it's necessary to do a 'hard refresh' to see your website edits since a web browser (or more specifically, your web browser), may cache a lot of data to keep your web-surfing experience fast and efficient. However, your own cache might cause problems when you're working on making changes to a website, since the cache is hanging on to data created prior to your important changes.

If you've already purged the cache and you're still not seeing the changes in your live site on your own browser, you'll want to do a hard refresh using the steps below. These actions will let you see what a visitor to your site will see…

On Windows and Linux:

Google Chrome:

Hold down Ctrl and click the reload button, or

Press Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R .

Mozilla Firefox:

Hold down Ctrl and press the F5 key, or

Hold down Ctrl + Shift and press R .

Microsoft Edge:

Hold down Ctrl and press F5 , or

Hold Ctrl + Shift + R .

Opera:

Hold down Ctrl + F5 , or

Hold Ctrl + Shift + R .

Safari (Windows version):

Hold down Ctrl + R or Ctrl + F5 .

On macOS:

Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera:

Hold down Cmd + Shift + R.

Safari:

Hold down the Option and Cmd keys and then press E , or

Hold down Cmd + Option + R .

Microsoft Edge (macOS version):

Hold down Cmd + Shift + R .

These shortcuts can change depending on the browser version and customised keyboard shortcuts so it's a good idea to refer to the official documentation of the browser if you're running into any issues.