How to reload without cache?

[frankdekker]

Currently the CoreWebView2.Reload method reloads the currently active page preserving the cache state. Is there a way to programmatically reload the page without keeping the cache?

[hunkydoryrepair]

yes, must use CTRL-SHIFT-R to clear without cache, but I can't figure out how to do it in code, either, other than use javascript.

[frankdekker]

Could you give an example how you would reload it via javascript? My current experimentation is to send CTRL+SHIFT+R to the WebView2 window handle, not quite successful so far.

[hunkydoryrepair]

Well, it used to work by doing this:

ctlWebBrowser.ExecuteScriptAsync("window.location.reload(true)");

I find that is no longer sufficient. It reloads the main document but not javascript or css files. The true parameter was never official so chromium must have dropped support for it.

[torgeirf]

We have now had 2 occasions where this feature would be beneficial. First occasion was an unintentional permanent redirect response from the server, and the second case was a corrupt js file. Both of these issues required either:

1. Deleting the user data folder
   or
2. Opening dev tools (guiding the user via phone) and make him disable cache and reload again

Please consider a method to "hard reload" the page programatically.