Ctrl+Shift+R

Hard Refresh (No Cache) on Windows

Windows · Browser (Chrome / Edge)
ActionHard Refresh (No Cache)
ShortcutCtrl + Shift + R
PlatformWindows
CategoryBrowser (Chrome / Edge)

About this shortcut

On Windows, you can hard refresh (no cache) with Ctrl + Shift + R. Reloads the page ignoring the cache. It sits in the Browser (Chrome / Edge) group and is one of the Windows shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Windows conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to hard refresh (no cache).

2

Press the keys

Press Ctrl + Shift + R.

3

Done

Reloads the page ignoring the cache.

More Browser (Chrome / Edge) shortcuts

Open a New Tab
Ctrl+T
Close Tab
Ctrl+W
Reopen Closed Tab
Ctrl+Shift+T
Switch to Next Tab
Ctrl+Tab
Jump to Address Bar
Ctrl+L
Refresh the Page
F5
or  Ctrl+R
Open Incognito / InPrivate
Ctrl+Shift+N
Open History
Ctrl+H