Browser & Web Performance · Junior · Question 46 of 75

What does a hard reload (Ctrl+Shift+R) typically do with the cache?

1Clears localStorage
2Deletes all cookies
✓Correct answer: Requests resources again bypassing the cache for that load

Explanation

It's handy for checking a deploy, but real users rarely do it, so caching headers must be correct.

Further reading

MDN: HTTP caching ↗

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