Hard Refresh
Refresh current page bypassing the cache: clear cache + hard reload
Hard Refresh Chrome Extension
The Hard Refresh extension adds a convenient button to your Chrome toolbar, allowing you to refresh your current page while bypassing the cache. This ensures that you see the most up-to-date versions of websites.
Key Features:
- Customizable Refresh Options: Choose which data to clear before a refresh, including cache, cookies, file systems, indexed data, local storage, plugin data, service workers, and webSQL data. These settings apply specifically to the active tab.
- Personalized Appearance: Select or upload a custom icon that matches your Chrome theme.
- Context Menu Integration: Add the Hard Refresh functionality directly to your right-click context menu for easy access.
With no heavy permissions required, Hard Refresh operates safely while enhancing your browsing efficiency!
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- activeTab
- browsingData
- storage
Size: 24.44K
Email: op*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Source: Chrome Web Store
Updated: a day ago
User reviews
Pros
- Basic hard refresh functionality is helpful for web development.
- User-friendly; simplifies the process compared to using keyboard shortcuts.
- Customizable button is a major quality of life improvement.
- Works better than many other similar extensions.
- Helpful for clearing cache effectively.
Cons
- Option to empty cache storage does not work consistently.
- Lacks keyboard shortcut settings for easier access.
- Occasionally does not reflect the latest version of code.
- Button visibility issues reported by some users.
- Not 100% reliable for web development needs.
Most mentioned
- Works as it should.
- Kinda works but lacks keyboard shortcut settings.
- Can't see the button.
- It's doesn't work all the time.
- Perfect for WebDev.
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reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
User reviews
Work as it should
by 
Pavel Abaev, 2023-08-23
Pavel Abaev, 2023-08-23Unfortunately the option to empty the cache storage does not work every time which makes the extension useless for some web dev purposes.
The basic hard refresh is helpful in many other cases though!
by 
Chris B, 2022-11-28
Chris B, 2022-11-28Thank you, exactly what I need. I have my keyboard keys mapped to other functionality, so getting to the option through the inspection tool is a pain. This is much simpler.
by 
Jared Wilmans, 2022-06-07
Jared Wilmans, 2022-06-07Extension safety
Risk impact
Hard Refresh does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Low Request access to the following domains:
Risk likelihood
Hard Refresh has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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