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How to disable cache in FireFox 44+ completely?
Here is the situation. I have installed FireFox 44+ AND HttpFox addon ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httpfox ) that shows which links are loading by FireFox. Using the addon, I can see that FireFox loading lots of links from the cache. How do I completely disable that caching? Things I did:
1. Running FireFox in Private Mode (never remember history)
2. Set cache to 0 in FireFox settings
3. Set some values using about:config
a) browser.cache.disk.enable > false
b) browser.cache.memory.enabl
c) browser.cache.offline.enab
d) browser.cache.check_doc_fr
Still I can see 301 redirect caching and others issues using httpfox addon. Googled for a few days, but no any suitable solution found! Help?
1. Running FireFox in Private Mode (never remember history)
2. Set cache to 0 in FireFox settings
3. Set some values using about:config
a) browser.cache.disk.enable > false
b) browser.cache.memory.enabl
c) browser.cache.offline.enab
d) browser.cache.check_doc_fr
Still I can see 301 redirect caching and others issues using httpfox addon. Googled for a few days, but no any suitable solution found! Help?
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Dave Baldwin
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Other than disabling the cache, are you having a problem?
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I use the modify hearers plugin and set there some custom user-agent, but noticed cache entries do not obey the rule and still show the real one. Just an example. Also, I WANT the website to read all pages as if they were a new, not cached.
Is there some place in firefox, where it stores the cached links? As I use private browsing, clear temp files (bleachbit and ccleaner) and can still see the cached messages. Tried to flush the DNS as well. May it be some caching on my ISP level you think?
Is there some place in firefox, where it stores the cached links? As I use private browsing, clear temp files (bleachbit and ccleaner) and can still see the cached messages. Tried to flush the DNS as well. May it be some caching on my ISP level you think?
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Did you tried refreshing the pages by holding down the Ctrl+F5 key or Ctrl+Shift+F5? Reloads (overrides cache)
ref:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly
Sudeep
ref:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly
Sudeep
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Does not helps in my case. As I told you, I have installed httpfox plugin and I can see many pages are loaded from cache, even if I had disabled it completely.
Moreover, I tried to download FireFox Portable and add this httpfox plugin only. I can see pages I never visited are shown and loaded from cache too!!! How it could be? Again, what do I do to force firefox to load every single link it loads and completely forget the cache thing?
Moreover, I tried to download FireFox Portable and add this httpfox plugin only. I can see pages I never visited are shown and loaded from cache too!!! How it could be? Again, what do I do to force firefox to load every single link it loads and completely forget the cache thing?
I don't believe that you can.
ASKER
But how come httpfox is showing me the cached link of www.google.com if FireFox never accessed it before?
Probably because Firefox "phones home" to Google to see if the current page is on the 'bad' list. They have a long standing agreement to do that. There are other background connections that Firefox makes and you don't see.
Any way around that except using the other browser? FireFox got millions of plugins and tweaks.
Thanks for the reply by the way!