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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Business & Industry
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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Workarounds
Sometimes, it takes a while to resolve a problem but, in the mean-time there is something you can do to mitigate the problem.
Any such work-arounds will be outlined here.
Browser not showing recent changes
If changes have been made to the site's images, JavaScript or CSS style sheets, they may not appear on your browser immediately. This is because modern browsers like to remember (aka 'cache') the parts of the website that don't change often for faster loading.
A hard refresh is a way to clear the browser's cache for the current page.
This is usually enough to force the most recent version of the page to load but sometimes you need to clear the cache and then reload your page.
I cleared my cache recently and now I have to do it all the time.
What is Browser cache?
Why does it exist?
Why do we have to clear it sometimes?
Can clearing the cache cause problems?
How do I prevent that from happening?
Cache considerations for web editors
How to Clear your browser's cache
Warning: Clearing the cache can have annoying consequences. After clearing your cache, you should browse a news site for a small while to fill up the browser's cache space that you just cleared down. If you don't do this, your browser may cache parts (or all) of pages you visit regularly - and if this happens, your browser will begin showing you those pages as they looked the day you cleared your cache - instead of showing their current contents.
Desktop Browsers (in descending order of popularity):
Chrome: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Select ‘Cached Images and Files’ (only) (3) Click ‘Clear Data’.
Safari: Option + ⌘ + E or else Right-click on "Safari" on the top left of the screen and select "Empty Cache".
Firefox: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Select ‘Cache’ (only) (3) Click ‘Ok’.
Edge: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Select ‘Cached Images and files’ (only) (3) Click ‘Clear Now’.
Opera: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Change ‘Time range’ to ‘All time’ (3) Select ‘Cached images and files’ (only) (4) Click ‘Clear Data’.
Brave: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Change ‘Time range’ to ‘All time’ (3) Select ‘Cached images and fields’ (only) (4) Click ‘Clear data’.
Vivaldi: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Change ‘Delete Data for:’ to ‘All Time’ (3) Check ‘Cache’ (4) Click ‘Delete’.
IE: (1) Ctrl-Shift-Del (2) Select ‘Temporary Internet files and website files’ (only) (3) Click ‘Delete’.
iPhone:
Safari: (1) Open Settings (2) Scroll down (not very far) to Safari & click on it (3) Scroll down to the bottom & click 'Advanced' (4) Click 'Website Data' (5) Click 'Remove All Website Data' Confirm by clicking 'Remove Now'.
Chrome: (1) Open Chrome (2) '...' Menu (bottom-right) (3) Settings (4) Privacy (5) Clear Browsing Data (6) Ensure 'Cached Images and Files' is ticked (7) Click 'Clear Browsing Data' (8) Confirm by clicking 'Clear Browsing Data' (9) Click 'Done' (top-right).
Android:
Android Browser: (1) Tap the menu. (2) Tap 'Settings'. (3) Scroll to Privacy Settings. (4) Tap 'Clear Browsing Data'. (5) Check the boxes for 'Cookies and site data' and 'Cached images and files'. (6) Tap 'Clear data'.
Chrome: (1) Tap the 3-dot Menu (top right). (2) Tap History > Clear browsing data. (3) Check the boxes for 'Cookies and site data' and 'Cached images and files'. (4) Tap 'Clear data'.
How to perform a Hard Refresh
The easiest way to perform a hard refresh is with the following keyboard shortcuts:
Windows:
Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi: Ctrl + F5 or else Ctrl + Shift ⇧ + R
IE, Opera: Ctrl + F5
Mac:
Safari: (1) Option + ⌘ + E (2) Refresh the page (⌘ + R)
Chrome, Firefox, IE: ⌘ + ⇧ + R
Opera: Option + ⌘ + R
Mobile:
All Browsers: (1) Clear the cache (instructions above). (2) Reload the page.