# Internet Explorer loads old versions of a webpage-how to solve this problem?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816 "2005-08-13T02:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guest439182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Guest439182](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest439182)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/1 "2005-08-13T02:38:37Z")

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Hello,  
Whenever I visit a website, let’s use [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) as an example, it loads an old copy of the webpage with news from a few days ago. Every time I go back there, I have to click on View\>Refresh (or F5 on the keyboard) to have my browser refresh the page and only then will the CNN homepage display updated news items. How can I fix this?  
Thanks in advance for the help.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/2 "2005-08-13T02:41:57Z")

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Go to Tools in IE. Go to Internet Options and select 0 days in History. Then clear your temporary Files. From that point on, IE should load new material every time you log on to their site.

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**Author:** ![Guest439182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Guest439182](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest439182)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/3 "2005-08-13T02:46:40Z")

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I will try that. Thank you kindly for your help.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/4 "2005-08-13T05:57:29Z")

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If you’re using Internet Explorer, go to Tools/Internet Options/Settings/Check for newer version of stored pages: and set it to “Every visit to page”.

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**Author:** ![Marley25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Marley25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley25)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/5 "2005-08-13T06:53:02Z")

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Get Firefox.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-loads-old-versions-of-a-webpage-how-to-solve-this-problem/316816/6 "2005-08-13T08:19:19Z")

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Ctrl+F5 reloads the page and empties the cache.