How can I force a hard reload in Chrome for Android

Question

In Chrome for desktop I have options in the dev tools to disable cache completely when dev tools are opened and I have the options to manually do a hard reload when long clickin

Answer 1

Remote Debugging allows you to use the desktop dev-tools:

https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging

Answer 2

In chrome,simply tick "Desktop site" and then remove tick!!

Answer 3

Viewing the page in incognito mode will disable the cache. It was the only way I could force a refresh on a stylesheet without manually clearing the cache through the settings.

Answer 4

EDIT: This method has been deprecated in Google Chrome and will no longer work.

ORIGINAL ANSWER:

I was able to clear the cache (including subsequent xhr) using chrome://net-internals

Then click the little arrow in the top right

Select "clear cache" from that menu.

Answer 5

Most of the answers were not working for me. Here is a super simple working on my Galaxy S8 in august 2020:

Add "view-source:" just before your http:.... address, navigate trough there to the changed file if different than the html or index.

You will see the unchanged file. Refresh.

Done.

Answer 6

Recent versions of Chrome cache very aggressively. Even cache-busting techniques such as "http://url?updated=datecode" stopped working. You must clear the cache or launch an incognito window every time (and make sure data-saver is off).