How to force/hard refresh a page in Breww without using the cache (on a computer)

Usually, when you load a page in Breww (on a desktop/laptop) some parts of the page are "remembered" by your computer from last time you loaded a page. This is done to speed up the loading of the next page and is known as "caching".

It’s rare, but there may be times when your web browser has cached something that it shouldn't or we need to force something to no longer be in your cache for some reason. You shouldn't normally need to do this when using Breww, as we have processes in place to ask your browser to do this automatically when it's needed, but if you do, you may be referred to this help guide by one of the Breww support team.

Performing a hard refresh is easy, but how to do it varies depending on which web browser and operating system you are using.

Chrome

Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys:

Windows/Linux

1. Hold down Ctrl and click the Reload button.
2. Or, Hold down Ctrl and press F5.

Mac OS

1. Hold down ⌘ Cmd and ⇧ Shift key and then press R.

2. Or, hold ⇧ Shift and click the Reload button.

   

Firefox

Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys:

Windows/Linux

1. Hold down Ctrl and ⇧ Shift and then press R.
2. Or, hold the Ctrl key and press the F5 key.

Mac OS

1. Hold down ⌘ Cmd and ⇧ Shift and then press R.

2. Or, hold down the ⇧ Shift and click the Reload button.

   

Safari

Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys:

1. Hold down the Option + ⌘ Cmd key and then press the E key.

   

Microsoft Edge

Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys:

1. Hold the Ctrl key and click the Refresh button.

2. Or, hold the Ctrl key and press the F5 key.