Google Chrome - Clear Cache for Specific Website

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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 I am assuming that I now have an outdated cache of the page stored for both Chrome and Firefox.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?

You might want to look into [this](https://superuser.com/a/444881/374397) 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 '17 at 05:32

score 333 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '17 at 07:55

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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:

Open Dev Tools by pressing: F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I (or on Mac: Opt+Cmd+I)
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.
Choose: "Empty Cache and Hard Reload"

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answered Feb 27 '14 at 21:10

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and what about history? – user3459110 Aug 24 '14 at 06:38
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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 '15 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 06 '15 at 18:45
This is a separate issue. I have encountered this problem too wanting to set a cookie to site A. Old Opera had an option to disable automatic redirections, chrome devs haven't showed interest in this... – Dim Feb 28 '15 at 18:34
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Dev tool > `Network` > Check `Disable cache` – Chemical Programmer Jan 21 '16 at 07:24
That's so funny -- I always wondered why that 'hidden menu' sometimes didn't show up; now I realize I probably happened to have Dev Tools open when it did work... – drzaus Sep 17 '16 at 10:32
This was cool to learn about but didn't help me clear the cache of the favicon. Eventually I found http://stackoverflow.com/a/7116701/470749, which worked. – Ryan Feb 17 '17 at 23:08
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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 '17 at 02:49
Wow, now that's an obscure feature if there ever was one. – Mike S. Nov 15 '17 at 15:25
Made an account for superuser.com just so I could upvote this. Thanks **alot**!! But I noticed that this does not work on a macbook? What's that about? – Derk Jan Speelman Dec 06 '17 at 12:17
Damn man. That was neat. Thanks +1 – Anuran Barman Jul 01 '20 at 13:02
@RBT where did you get that from? I don't think it clears cache from the whole browser... – Chagai Friedlander Jul 03 '20 at 08:24
looking for a hotkey for this but thanks @ChemicalProgrammer that was really usefull! – Chagai Friedlander Jul 03 '20 at 08:31
Almost 7 years later and this is much better than what I was planning. I was looking for an extension that did the trick. – Vince Oct 02 '20 at 03:34
You are my life saver. – Qian Chen Jul 11 '21 at 02:56

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '14 at 02:36

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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

answered Feb 26 '14 at 02:36

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@Ramhound Ctrl F5 opens the file browsing window for me. – DaveTheMinion Feb 26 '14 at 02:43
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Cmd+Shift+R on Mac OS X – Béatrice Cassistat Aug 04 '14 at 13:07

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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.

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 '22 at 05:32

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 18 '19 at 17:22

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On Chrome, open chrome://settings/siteData
Type example.x10host.com on the Search cookies input.
Click on the trash bin to delete cached data and cookies for that web site.

answered Sep 18 '19 at 17:22

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Only this solution works for me on MAC. Thanks a ton. – Abu Shoeb May 13 '22 at 01:47

Benyamin Jafari · Answer 5 · 2020-11-25T08:41:24.017

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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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answered Jul 28 '19 at 08:00

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 16 '15 at 00:53

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.

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 22 '19 at 14:35

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

click to see the steps

answered Sep 22 '19 at 14:35

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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 '19 at 14:52
Thanks for your help!! but the second step of [this answer](https://superuser.com/a/722548/606387) is also saying this – Gaurav Sharma Sep 23 '19 at 05:35
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 '19 at 08:24
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 '19 at 12:54
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The information in your comment should be in your answer. – Ramhound Sep 23 '19 at 15:28

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