Examples

What happens if there is no-Cache-Control header?

What happens if there is no-Cache-Control header?

Regarding “Without the cache control header the browser requests the resource every time it loads a new(?) page”, that doesn’t seem to be the case with Google Chrome. It seems to cache those items indefinitely.

How do I turn off private Cache-Control?

As you see there is no ‘Cache-Control: private’ header….If you want to simply disable caching for a Web site or Application:

  1. go to IIS Manager.
  2. Select Site/Application desired.
  3. in Features View select HTTP Response Headers:
  4. In actions pane click: Set Common Headers.
  5. check Expire Web Content.
  6. Set to: Immediately.
  7. OK.

How do I disable Cache-Control in IIS?

Click on the server name then go to output caching. Then simply either tick the prevent all caching or untick user-mode caching and it should stop IIS from keeping a cache of the pages.

How do I set Cache-Control in IIS?

How to Enable Caching

  1. Open ”Internet Information Services (IIS) manager” from Control Panel > Administrator Tools.
  2. Browse to the Argus Safety Web website.
  3. Double click the HTTP Response Headers option.
  4. Make sure that Cache Control header with value of no-cache exists.
  5. Click the Set Common Headers option.

Is Cache-Control required?

Cache-control is an important way by which developers can dictate how resources will be cached when a user browses the internet. Without cache-control, the browser caching and the resulting experience for the user will be sub-optimal.

What is no-cache header?

The no-cache directive means that a browser may cache a response, but must first submit a validation request to an origin server.

How do I set Cache-Control HTTP header?

To use cache-control in HTML, you use the meta tag, e.g. The value in the content field is defined as one of the four values below. HTTP 1.1. Allowed values = PUBLIC | PRIVATE | NO-CACHE | NO-STORE.

What is incomplete or no cache control and pragma HTTP header set?

The ‘Cache-control’ HTTP header holds instructions for caching in both requests and responses. Because the ‘Pragma’ header is used for backwards compatibility with HTTP/1.0 where the ‘Cache-control’ header is not yet presented. If sensitive information in application responses is stored in the local cache.

Should I use Cache-Control no-cache?

How do I disable caching in HTML?

How to disable your browser cache

  1. Open a new window or tab in Firefox.
  2. Type about:config in the address bar.
  3. Search for “cache” in the search bar and look for network. http. use-cache in the filtered results.
  4. Double-click it will toggle it from “true” to “false”. Default should be “true”.