Questions tagged [browser-cache]
For questions about web browsers caching data on the local machine.
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How can I make Chrome stop caching redirects?
I am working on a web application that is using redirects (for pretty URLs).
I am trying to debug logic in the way the redirects are working. However Google Chrome keeps remembering the redirects and ...
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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?
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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 ...
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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?
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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'...
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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 ...
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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?
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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?
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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 ...
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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?
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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?
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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?
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What is Chrome default cache size limit?
What is Chrome default cache size limit? Where it can be found?
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How to clear cached redirects in Chrome
How do you clear cached redirects in Chrome?
I changed the DNS for a domain name and when I go to mydomain.com. Even though ping mydomain.com now shows it resolves to the correct IP, if I type in "...
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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 ...
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How to force a full page refresh (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0?
How do you force reload (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0?
I have seen a lot of supposed theories on the internet, including:
Ctrl + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R
But, in reality, these do not actually work. ...
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Force Google Chrome to check for new JavaScript files every time I access a web site
So, if I go to Internet options in Internet Explorer:
I can adjust the settings for when IE checks for updates:
Can I do something similar in Google Chrome? Right now when I change my JavaScript ...
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Is it neccessary to clear browser cache periodically?
Is it ok to not clear browser history for 5 years?
Will it perhaps fill my whole drive (~220GB) if I never clear it?
How is Edge/Firefox/Chrome handling users who never clear the history?
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How long until an old website visitor sees new web design?
Given that there are no cache settings in the HTML page, how long until an old website visitor see a new website design without force refresh?
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Is there a way to search the text of my browsing history in Firefox?
I often find myself in the situation where I know I saw something in a web page recently, but don't remember where. I would therefore like to be able to do a full-text search of the contents of my ...
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What is the fastest way to clear cache and cookies in Google Chrome?
The standard way (hamburger icon>Tools>Clear browsing data>Confirm) is slow, especially when you have to clear frequently during development. Currently, I hit F12 to bring up the Console, go to the ...
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How to disable caching in Internet Explorer 9?
How can i disable caching in Internet Explorer 9?
i browse to a page, and click a link. When i click Back, i need the browser to always re-fetch the page from the web-site.
i've tried disabling the ...
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Google Chrome and Firefox cache in Ubuntu?
Where can I find the cache used by Google Chrome and Firefox in Ubuntu?
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How do I fully clear Firefox's cache of CSS and JavaScript files?
I work on a website at my work. The issue is that if I visit the site, which uses the cached versions of the CSS and JavaScript files, and then upload an updated copy of a CSS/JavaScript file, Firefox ...
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Is whatever I see on the Internet temporarily present in the RAM?
Whatever I browse on the Internet, whatever page, is stored in the browser cache on my HDD. The browser cache is stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder on the C drive on the HDD. But was it ...
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Unable to find videos cache for youtube videos in chrome
I have watched a video on youtube, I didn't close the browser window and it is buffered. I can watch that video anytime, without connecting to internet, as it is completely buffered.
But I am not able ...
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How can I force Google Chrome to cache images?
There's a website I use every day, and there are lots of large images on it (uploaded by my designers).
Every time I go to a page, the images get downloaded again, and it takes forever. How can I ...
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Chrome developer tools - network panel gaps
In the Chrome developer tools, under the network tab, I'm curious to know what is happening during the gaps. If you look at my image below, I have highlighted in orange the areas where these gaps ...
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How to find video in Firefox cache?
I'm trying to find youtube video (just watched) in Firefox cache folder, but I cant find the folder.
win xp sp3
Firefox 16.1
I tried
C:\Documents and Settings\eDIN\Local Settings\Application Data\...
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How to reload a page in Opera without cache?
I'm trying to get Opera 11.61 to reload a page without using cache whatsoever. So far I've tried shift-clicking on the reload button, Ctrl-R, Shift-R, F5. None of these work. The only way I've found ...
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Does web browser uses previously saved cache in private browsing?
All the current versions of top five web browsers support private browsing mode, where they don't save anything as history or cache or cookies. But do they use cache saved from previous normal session?...
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Moving Chrome cache folder?
I was wondering if moving the cache folder in chrome(Win7x64) to a ramdisk drive will improve the performance of cached flash player files/games?
If so, What would be the easiest way to do this? I'm ...
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How does firefox cache DNS requests/replies?
I was wondering how, if it all, does firefox cache say, google.com to its respective IP?
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Remove default favicon on localhost
I developed a website with a favicon and now every time I access localhost (for my other projects), I get that same favicon showing up. I'm on OSX, using Chrome. I tried clearing the cache; it flashed ...
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Change Google Chrome cache size on OS X
How can I change the cache size Google Chrome uses? ON OS X?
I've found countless posts how do to things on Windows but couldn't really figure out from that how to do things on os x.
Help will be ...
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Firefox Clearing Cache - Ctrl + F5 doesn't work randomly
Running Firefox 31, Windows 7:
I was running into a bug on a website that I'm testing, where some things that did exist but do not anymore, were still showing up. I tried clearing the cache by ...
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How to clear Chrome DNS cache now after they changed it?
They seem to have changed the chrome://net-internals page and it doesn't seem to work anymore. I have tried flushing the socket pool too. It works in incognito.
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Firefox says "server not found" because it's adding WWW. How do I stop this?
This is very frustrating.
I have been accessing servername.local on Firefox. That's its URL. No www.
At some time, servername.local ceased to be available and I got an error message: "Server not ...
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DNS resolution, Browser navigation, and cache
I know NS update could take over 24h. However during this process there is something that intrigues me.
I can't change ISP router's DNS so I set WAN/LAN to use Google Public DNS
The process scenario:...
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Where is the cache in which Flash videos are saved in Chrome on Mac OS X?
On Mac OS X, what is the location of the cache in which Flash videos played in Chrome are stored?
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How can I cache all pages I visit with Firefox?
Q: How can I cache all pages I visit in a given session with Firefox?
I frequently go to study with my laptop at a library where I don't have internet access (no login). I usually research somethings ...
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What is Firefox - Smart cache size?
There is an option in about:config (Firefox 4):
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled
I have tried to enable and disable this option, nothing changes. The cache just grows, and grows.
What's the ...
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Linux: Chrome Cache Viewer
Chrome Cache View exists for Windows. Does anything like this exist for Linux? It seems that chrome://cache no longer exists.
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Do i really need to clear my browser cache after using a https site to protect the privacy of the pages i visited?
I've seen a number of online banking sites which, after logging out, have a message recommending that I clear my browser cache to ensure my private banking information remains secure.
Is that really ...
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When streaming a song, in what folder does the song get saved?
When streaming a song, the song is downloaded and placed into a temporary folder on the computer, that much I know. However, while streaming the media file – mostly from Pandora – I have been ...
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How do I force Chrome to load a fresh copy of a page?
I am developing a new website, and I originally had a Url redirect on the domain that took users to an existing site in order to avoid a parked domain notice showing up. When it came to put the first ...
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Is there a Chrome extension that will save all viewed resources whose URL match a given expression?
For example, if I wanted to save all PNG files that I come across in Wikipedia articles, I could enter
*.wikipedia.org/*.png
Or if I wanted to save any file with pony in the filename, I could use
*...
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Why do I keep getting redirected to "/cgi-bin/redirect.ha", when using AT&T U-Verse?
When browsing the web, I occasionally get redirected to "/cgi-bin/redirect.ha". Closing the browser or flushing the cache seems to fix it sometimes, but not always. Sometimes I'll see from Google:
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