How to Force Web Browser Reload

This wikiHow teaches you how to force a page reload in your browser. This will refresh the cache and reload the updated information on the page. You can do this on Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Safari using different key combinations depending on the computer browser.

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Google Chrome

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Hold down Ctrl and click the ⟳ icon on a Windows computer. You can also hold down Ctrl and press the F5 key to force a page reload.

The ⟳ icon is to the left of Chrome’s address bar.

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Hold down ⇧ Shift and click the ⟳ icon on a Mac computer. You can also hold down ⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift and press the R key to force a page reload.

The reload icon ( ⟳ ) is on the left side of Chrome’s address bar.

Firefox

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Hold down Ctrl and press the F5 key on a Windows computer. You can also hold down Ctrl + ⇧ Shift and press the R key to force a page reload.

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Hold down ⇧ Shift and click the ⟳ icon on a Mac computer. You can also hold down ⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift and press the R key to force a page reload.

The reload icon ( ⟳ ) is to the right of Firefox’s address bar.

Microsoft Edge

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Hold down Ctrl and press the F5 key. The current page on Microsoft Edge will be forced to reload.

Microsoft Edge is only available on Windows.

Internet Explorer

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Hold down Ctrl and click the ⟳ icon. You can also hold down Ctrl and press the F5 key to force reload the current page.

The reload icon ( ⟳ ) is in the upper-right corner of Internet Explorer’s address bar.
Internet Explorer is only available on Windows.

Safari

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Hold down ⇧ Shift and click the ⟳ icon. The reload icon ( ⟳ ) is to the right of Safari’s address bar. The Safari page will be forced to reload.

Safari is only available on Mac.

Advice

While you can’t force a page reload on mobile browsers, you can clear your browser’s cache and cookies to force all pages on your browser to reload with newly updated data.

Warning

Forcing a reload of some pages, such as the account creation page, will cause the information you entered to be lost.

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