How can I force Safari to perform a full page reload, without using the mouse?

macos safari browser-cache

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Solution 1

Enable the Develop menu from Safari menu - Preferences - Advanced.

On Safari version 11.1 and above :

CMD+OPTION+R reloads the page ignoring cache.

On Safari version 9 and above :

CMD+SHIFT+R reloads the page ignoring cache.

Emptying caches seems not to reload the stylesheets everytimes…

On Safari below version 9 :

Empty cache and then reload so full "hot key" would be :

CMD+OPTION+E

Then

CMD+R to refresh the page

Of course probably turning opening and closing a New Private Windowfrom the File would also work but…

Solution 2

The shortcut has now changed to OPTION + CMD + R. (Safari 11.1)

Solution 3

There is an option in the menubar Develop->Disable Caches. This is true for Safari 5.1. I'm not sure for the rest.

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Solution 4

Turn on Private mode and refresh the page. It won't get it from the cache in private mode.

Solution 5

Hard refresh was removed as a keyboard shortcut in Safari 5. The old command for that was ⌘+SHIFT+R

CTRL+F5 May work but I can't test here.

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Gabe

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Gabe over 1 year

I'm using Safari to preview web pages as I develop them on my local server. I've got 'Disable Caches' checked in the Develop menu. And yet Safari is still working from a cached version of a stylesheet that's linked from the HTML file being displayed.

I can sometimes override this by Option-clicking the reload button in the location bar, but I want to refresh the page automatically when I save the CSS file. At the moment I'm doing it using an AppleScript that's bound to the Save action in my text editor. I could see using Keyboard Maestro instead. But I need some consistent way to force Safari to do a full reload from the keyboard.
- unom over 10 years
  
  Do you have any extensions installed. Had this problem once with Adblock... It messed up one page in particular, thought it was a stylesheet problem too, tried everything... but it was Adblock messing with it.
Gabe over 13 years

Yes, that's how to refresh the page, but it doesn't bypass the cache.
Gabe over 13 years

Control-F5 just selects the location bar, like Command-L.
Joe_Rose over 13 years

Then it's been disabled completely. I found a number of threads complaining about it. There is an extension that I have NOT tested here: twitter.com/siracusa/status/15683201068 that may do what you want.
Gabe over 13 years

No, that extension just creates a button in the toolbar (which I guess some people prefer to the icon in the location bar). I also found a lot of threads complaining about it—i was wondering if someone on here had any special knowledge.
BruceM about 13 years

Shift + Click on the refresh button
Gabe almost 13 years

Please read the second sentence of my question again.
mist almost 13 years

Oops, I'm sorry :)
Gabe about 11 years

Please read the second sentence of my question.
Brian Tingle over 8 years

that didn't work for me on Safari 8
qasdfdsaq over 8 years

And how does one click without a mouse?
rraallvv over 8 years

@qasdfdsaq My bad, edited the question.
Jason almost 8 years

Safari version 9.1.1 does not reload the page with Cmd-Shift-R. I have "Show Develop in menu bar" enabled.
sfletche over 7 years

cmd+shift+R didn't work for me in 9.1.3 either
Snowcrash about 7 years

Cmd+Shift+R didn't work in Version 10.0.1 (11602.2.14.0.7).
kerrin about 6 years

Works perfectly!
Vlad almost 6 years

Checkout @sayan's answer below for a working shortcut