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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. When I saw that it was, I registered it, and immediately went to go look at it on Google Chrome. I still got the "Domain Available" message, so I tried again in 10 minutes, and still got the still got the message. I tried later in Firefox and got it as well. The next day, I tried it in Internet Explorer, and it worked. I am assuming that I now have an outdated cache of the page stored for both Chrome and Firefox. How can I clear just the cache for that specific page so that it will load normally?

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  • Same way as in IE "ctrl"+"F5"
    – Ramhound
    Feb 26, 2014 at 2:35
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    You might want to look into this answer. It solves your actual problem of clearing the cache pertaining to a specific website (which is currently opened) and not the whole browser.
    – RBT
    Jul 19, 2017 at 5:32

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@dwurf Ctrl Shift + F5/R is Hard Reload, doesn't empty cache.

There is a simple way to do what OP wants:

  1. Open Dev Tools by pressing: F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I (or on Mac: Opt+Cmd+I)

  2. Now by just leaving dev tools open, right-click or click and hold the reload button next to the address bar. Now a somewhat 'hidden menu' opens.

  3. Choose: "Empty Cache and Hard Reload"

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  • and what about history?
    – user3459110
    Aug 24, 2014 at 6:38
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    Is this still valid, is there a video of how to do step 2. trying it with no avail
    – pal4life
    Jan 20, 2015 at 21:28
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    This doesn't help if site A redirects me to site B, and I want to clear the cache fo site A.
    – Tyler Collier
    Feb 6, 2015 at 18:45
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    Dev tool > Network > Check Disable cache
    – Chemical Programmer
    Jan 21, 2016 at 7:24
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    It is critical to know that it clears the entire cache of the browser and not just pertaining to the website currently opened in the current tab.
    – RBT
    Jul 19, 2017 at 2:49
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Ctrl+F5 reloads the page without using the local cache.

Ctrl+Shift+R also works, but not in IE

Chrome Reference

Firefox Reference

Internet Explorer reference

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  • @Ramhound Ctrl F5 opens the file browsing window for me.
    – DaveTheMinion
    Feb 26, 2014 at 2:43
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    Cmd+Shift+R on Mac OS X
    – Béatrice Cassistat
    Aug 4, 2014 at 13:07
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In the Chrome DevTools settings/preferences there is an option under "Network":

Disable cache (while DevTools is open)

You can open that, and reload the webpage without the cache.

I had a frustrating situation where a HTTP redirect was cached, so I couldn't just refresh. Opening the DevTools with the "Disable cache..." option open and re-entering the URL was the only thing I could figure out other than doing into the regular Chrome preferences and deleting the cache there (significantly more difficult)

For the record, having the DevTools open also enables a 3rd option on the refresh button (right-click) context menu:

  • Normal Refresh
  • Hard Refresh
  • Empty Cache and Hard Reload (careful, this clears your whole cache)

There is a good explanation of what these options mean here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14969509/363701

Its worth noting that clearing the cache does not clear the History.

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  • No need to open settings (gear icon); there is a "Disable cache" checkbox in the Network menu. ...which I don't quite understand the name of: because if you reenable the cache, cached behavior does not reappear -- as if the cache had been cleared.
    – zylstra
    Apr 23, 2022 at 5:32
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  1. On Chrome, open chrome://settings/siteData

  2. Type example.x10host.com on the Search cookies input.

  3. Click on the trash bin to delete cached data and cookies for that web site.
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    Only this solution works for me on MAC. Thanks a ton.
    – Abu Shoeb
    May 13, 2022 at 1:47
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[Quick Answer]

Dev tool (Ctrl+Shift+i) or in some cases using F12 | Network | Check Disable cache

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In my case, when developing I made a redirect page, then I couldn't do ctrl+f5 on the page because there was not enough time in the page until the redirection method got executed.

Then, I went to console f12 and then pressing f1 to see the options, disabled the javascript to avoid redirection, and after that I did a ctrl+f5 before enabling the javascript again.

Hope it helps someone.

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right-click on reload and click on Empty Cache and Hard Reload

click to see the steps

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    The author is using Windows, your screenshot indicates you are using macOS, is your answer applicable to the author's question?
    – Ramhound
    Sep 22, 2019 at 14:52
  • Thanks for your help!! but the second step of this answer is also saying this
    – Gaurav Sharma
    Sep 23, 2019 at 5:35
  • I am not asking about another user's answer. I am asking about your answer? Is your answer applicable to this question? If there is a second step, is there a reason, you don't include it in the body of your answer?
    – Ramhound
    Sep 23, 2019 at 8:24
  • Thank you for mentioning this. I thought steps are obvious from the image, but they are not. I should have mentioned that you need to have your dev tools open before doing right click on the reload button otherwise this menu will not be pop out. Thanks again!!
    – Gaurav Sharma
    Sep 23, 2019 at 12:54
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    The information in your comment should be in your answer.
    – Ramhound
    Sep 23, 2019 at 15:28

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