When developing websites using JavaScript, the file may not refresh after editing.
Issue Details
When developing JavaScript for your website, you may encounter an issue where the file will not update in your web browser, no matter which browser you use.
Recreate Issue
Editing and refreshing a JavaScript code file in a web browser does not work.
Resolve Issue
Scenario #1: In Google Chrome [Right-click] on the [Refresh] button and choose one of the options
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Scenario #2: (This is what I have often had to do. ( Rename the [JS] file and change its name on your web page. [Refresh] the web page, and you now have an updated file with a new name that works. This file will work with updates, but you may encounter this issue again, as I have. Rename the file again, and it will work for a while longer, but it will hang again.
Scenario #3:
Dated: June 24, 2026 The best way to do both JS and CSS files. Add a version number that changes on every page load. You can change this to your programming language. Now every time your page loads, it will get a fresh copy of the time.