# Enable/Disable Browser Cache

> Toolbar button to quickly enable/disable browser cache.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/enable-disable-cache](https://chrome-stats.com/d/enable-disable-cache)

## Overview

- **ID:** `enable-disable-cache`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Diogo Ribeiro
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 57
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-08-05
- **First published:** 2023-08-04
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/enable-disable-cache/)

## Description

This add-on is intended for web developers. It toggles browser cache off with the click of a button to ensure the most recent changes to a website are being seen instead of the cached version.

<strong>Important note: When toggling cache off, ALL CACHE DATA WILL BE DELETED FOR ALL WEBSITES!</strong>

Future versions of this add-on will include a configuration page to allow toggling cache on and off for specific websites.

## Rankings

- #15,418 — Overall
- #27 — cache
- #41 — disable
- #136 — browser
- #169 — browser tab
- #184 — chrome browser

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `browserSettings`
- `browsingData`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/enable-disable-cache)