<h1 id="reload">Reload<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#reload"></a></h1>
<p>Chrome has three different types of page reload:</p>
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<table><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Cache use</th><th>Keyboard shortcuts</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Normal</td><td>Only resources for which the server returns a [[304 Not Modified</td><td>p.r.comp.net.http.responsestatus]]</td></tr><tr><td>Hard</td><td>None, all resources fetched again</td><td><kbd>CtrlOrCmd</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>F5</kbd></td></tr><tr><td>Hard with cache clearing</td><td>None, all resources fetched again and cache cleared</td><td><em>None</em></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<p>Opening DevTools (<kbd>F12</kbd> or <kbd>CtrlOrCmd</kbd> + <kbd>AltOrOpt</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd>) allows accessing all of the above actions by right-clicking the reload button.</p>

Reload


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Type	Cache use	Keyboard shortcuts
Normal	Only resources for which the server returns a [[304 Not Modified	p.r.comp.net.http.responsestatus]]
Hard	None, all resources fetched again	`CtrlOrCmd` + `Shift` + `F5`
Hard with cache clearing	None, all resources fetched again and cache cleared	None