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Refreshing Your Browser
Are you seeing outdated web page content?
Occasionally, after I’ve updated a client’s website, the client will contact me to say that they’re still seeing the old content on their browser, and question whether the updates were ever done.
My reply ... hit your “Refresh” button!
Sometimes your web browser will display an older version of a web page rather than the latest available version. That's because your browser, in the interest of speed, may load the page from the browser "cache" on your hard disk rather than from the web (a page is likely to be stored in your cache if you visited it recently).
Although this isn't much of an issue when you're browsing web sites that are not updated frequently, it can become a problem if you're visiting sites in which having the latest information is important, such as news sites or your personal start page. Fortunately, there's a simple solution to this: You can refresh the page, forcing your browser to download the latest version from the web:
- PC: View/Refresh or just press F5.
- Mac: Command + R
Better Solution: Clear your cache in Microsoft Edge:
- Open Microsoft Edge, select Menu (3 dots icon on top right corner of the browser) > Settings > Privacy, search & services.
- Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
- Select the Cached images and files check box and then select Clear.
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