Not Seeing Website Changes on Your End? How to Clear Your Cache

The Issue

Websites are resource-heavy and take a while to load. To speed things up, Bluehour uses a variety of caching and CDN systems to preload resources. However, when changes are made to a page or post, all those caches must be cleared to see the new changes live. This is usually automatic but can also take some time to happen.

However, if changes are showing up on one device and not the other, or a day or two has passed, and you don't see the changes, you will need to follow these steps to clear your browser cache.

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Option 1 | Reload

Refresh the Page 

• Press F5 

• Find and press the refresh button [⟳] 

  • It is usually close to the URL bar 

• Click within the URL bar and hit enter on your keyboard to reload 

Force/Hard Reload the Browser

Google Chrome Instructions 

• Hold down Ctrl (Control) + Shift and click R.

• Or hold down Ctrl (Control) and click the Reload button.

• Or hold down Ctrl (Control) and click F5.

• Or Open Chrome dev tools by clicking F12 and right-click Reload button. Then, click Hard Reload.

FireFox Instructions  

• Hold down Ctrl (Control) + Shift and click R.

• Or hold down Ctrl (Control) and click F5.

Safari (Mac) Instructions 

• Press Shift on your keyboard while clicking the Refresh button in Safari.

• Or press Command (⌘) + Option (⌥) + R on your keyboard.

Micrsoft Edge Instructions 

• Hold Ctrl (Control) + Fn + F5 on your keyboard.

• Or hold Ctrl (Control) on your keyboard while clicking the Refresh button in Microsoft Edge.

Internet Explorer Instructions 

• Hold the Ctrl (Control) key, press the F5 key.

• Or hold the Ctrl (Control) key, click the Refresh button.

 

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Option 2 | Clear Your Cache 

If you are not seeing the changes on your end clear your cache and then reload the page. 

Instructions for different browsers: 

Google Chrome Instruction  

1. On your computer, open Chrome.

2. At the top right, click More .

3. Click More tools Clear browsing data.

4. At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.

5. Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.

6. Click Clear data. 

Safari Instructions 

Safari for Mac 

1. Click the Safari menu, then Clear History...

2. In the Clear field choose All History

3. Click Clear History.

Safari for PC 

1. Click on the Settings (Gear) icon in the upper right corner of the browser..

2. Click Reset Safari

3. Select the items you wish to clear. (It is recommended to check all items).

4. Click Reset.

Firefox Insturctions 

1. Click the hamburger menu in the upper right corner of the browser.

2. Click Preferences (Mac) or Options (PC).

3. Click Privacy in the left menu bar.

4. Click Clear Your Recent History.

5. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.

6. Click the down arrow next to "Details" to choose which elements of the history to clear.

7. Select Browsing & Download History, Form & Search History, Cookies, Cache and Active Logins

8. Click Clear Now.

Internet Explorer Instructions 

1. Click Tools, and select Delete Browsing History... .

2. Deselect Preserve Favorites website data, and select Temporary Internet files, Cookies, and History.

3. Click Delete.

Microsoft Edge Instructions 

1. Click the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the browser.

2. Choose Settings.

3. Under Clear Browsing Data click Choose What To Clear.

4. Select the items you wish to clear (e.g., Browsing History, Cookies and Saves Website Date, Cached Data and Files, Downloaded History and Form Data).

5. Click Clear.

 

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