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Is there a difference between these two shortcuts on most browsers?

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    My completely unresearched educated guess is that `Ctrl+F5` generally refreshes the page *without using cache* while `Ctrl+R` or plain `F5` refreshes the page *using cache as normal*. –  Oct 30 '10 at 20:42
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Ctrl+F5 does indeed do a force cache purge for that page, while Ctrl+R does not.

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    so it is same as F5? – şaloma Oct 30 '10 at 21:05
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    @Infestor, in Firefox F5 and Ctrl-R are the same. Ctrl-F5 and Ctrl-Shift-R are the same too. Of course, that's only one out of many browsers. – Arjan Oct 30 '10 at 22:59
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    (As an aside: using F5/Ctrl-R might make a browser still ask the server *if* the content has changed by using If-Modified-Since headers, hence still leaving it up to the server to serve new content or not. Hitting Ctrl-L to get to the location bar and pressing Return, or selecting a bookmark makes most browsers rely on their cache without asking the server about any changes.) – Arjan Oct 30 '10 at 23:08
  • @Arjan is this the same for Chrome? Like it is in FireFox? – Kevdog777 Apr 29 '13 at 15:03
  • Yes, @Kevdog777, you can check using the developer tools (Option+Command+I on a Mac, and then peek into the Network pane). But in case you're asking as you're having problems with Chrome's cache, then see [another answer](http://superuser.com/questions/89809/how-to-force-refresh-without-cache-in-google-chrome/278393#278393). – Arjan Apr 29 '13 at 17:13
  • Thanks, but I'm on Windows. It is a keyboard shortcut on a program I was using, and by mistake, pressed it on Chrome, and the page just refreshed, so wanted to know what happened. :) – Kevdog777 Apr 30 '13 at 08:19