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matthew stuart
Inspiring
May 14, 2018
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Chrome preview not updating

  • May 14, 2018
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It's driving me insane as to why, but my chrome preview will not update when I change my CSS. Firefox and Safari update, but not chrome. I've restarted my Mac, but nothing happened.

What can I do within Chrome to clear the cache (or whatever) for a specific site rather than have to clear for all sites?

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    Correct answer Jon Fritz

    Chrome's cache is ridiculously sticky now and likely a sign of things to come with other browsers as well.

    One of the better ways to deal with it, during development, is to turn on Chrome's Development Tools by hitting F12. You can then click on the "Network" heading and check the box for "Disable cache". While the Dev Tools are open, Chrome will essentially have no cache. When you turn the dev tools off, it goes back to the latest and greatest sticky cache.

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    alemao2k6
    Participant
    April 24, 2020

    Amazing! Thanks for the disable cache tip! Cmd/Ctrl+F5 was not working at all, and it was retreiving content from days ago, without any way to update.... With cache disabled, it works perfectly!

      Jon Fritz
      Community Expert
      Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 14, 2018

      Chrome's cache is ridiculously sticky now and likely a sign of things to come with other browsers as well.

      One of the better ways to deal with it, during development, is to turn on Chrome's Development Tools by hitting F12. You can then click on the "Network" heading and check the box for "Disable cache". While the Dev Tools are open, Chrome will essentially have no cache. When you turn the dev tools off, it goes back to the latest and greatest sticky cache.

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      matthew stuartAuthor
      Inspiring
      May 14, 2018

      Thanks Jon, That was driving me mad. Even locating the 'Disable Cache' button was painful because the developer pane wasn't wide enough, and it doesn't scroll sideways to reveal content displayed off the page. I just had to widen the pane to display that and other buttons!

      WolfShade
      WolfShade
      Legend
      May 14, 2018

      I usually just refresh using CTRL-F5.  On a Mac, it's Apple+R or command+R.  This forces the browser to refresh with grabbing all content from the webserver instead of using cached data.

      HTH,

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