When new features are deployed, ClubReady Connect will prompt you to hard refresh with a simple click of a button that pops up.
Why Perform a Hard Refresh
Modern-day web browsers often save copies of websites we visit in order to deliver faster loading times. This is known as cache data and it helps browsers save bandwidth and loading time when we go on to revisit the same websites. While the process works smoothly for the most part, it can often create problems such as websites showing an older version of a webpage or webpage not functioning properly. That’s where performing a hard refresh can help. Doing this will force the browser to ignore any existing cache data and load the page from scratch.
If you’re not sure how to perform a hard refresh on your web browser, here’s how the process works on major browsers.
Steps for Hard Refresh
If you’re on PC or Mac, here are the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to perform a hard refresh on different browsers.
Hard Refresh on Chrome, Firefox, or Edge
To perform a hard refresh on Chrome, Firefox or Edge, Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R.
Alternatively, if you’re using Chrome or Edge, you can also press F12 to open DevTools. Then right-click on the refresh button and select Hard Reload from the menu.
If you’re on Mac, press Cmd+Shift+R to perform a hard refresh. Or, press and hold the Shift key and click on the Reload button.
Hard Refresh on Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer users can press Ctrl+F5 to hard reload it. Alternatively, you can press and hold the Ctrl key and click on the Reload button.
Hard Refresh Chrome and Samsung Internet on Android
Unlike PC users, mobile users do not get the luxury of using keyboard shortcuts to hard refresh a web page. Therefore, to hard refresh a web page on your phone, you’ll have to manually clear any cache data associated with the site and reload the page. Here’s how the process works on Google Chrome and Samsung Internet for Android.
Chrome
1. Launch Google Chrome on your phone and tap on the three-dot menu icon to open Settings.
2. Under Advanced, open Site settings and go to Data stored.
3. Here, you’ll find a list of websites for which Google Chrome has stored cache data. Tap on the site URL you wish to hard refresh and tap on the Clear & reset button.
4. Now go ahead and open the website for which you cleared the cache data. Use the three-dot menu icon and tap on the refresh button.
Now Chrome will download fresh data from the server and load the page for you.
Samsung Internet
1. Launch the Samsung Internet Browser on your phone. Tap on the three horizontal bars to choose Settings from the list.
2. Under Advanced, go to Sites and downloads. Next, open Manage Website Data from the menu.
3. Here, you’ll find a list of all the websites that the browser has stored cache data for. Go to the website URL that you’re facing problems with. Tap on the Delete button in the top right corner and mark the URL for which you intend to delete the cache data. Lastly, tap on the Delete button at the bottom.
4. Now go ahead and open the website for which you cleared the cache data. It should load up the latest version of the web page now.