Location: reload() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

See full compatibility

The reload() method of the Location interface reloads the current URL, like the Refresh button.

Syntax

reload()

Parameters

forceGet: Pass true to force a reload bypassing the cache. Defaults to false. Only supported in Firefox.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

SecurityError DOMException: Thrown if the origin of the script calling the method is not the same origin of the page originally described by the Location object, mostly when the script is hosted on a different domain.

Examples

// reload the current page
window.location.reload();

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-location-reload-dev

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Deno
`reload`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote footnote Before Edge 79, if a page added to Trusted Sites contains a cross-origin iframe, then calling `reload()` from within the iframe reloads the trusted page (in other words, the top page reloads, not the iframe).	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 3 (Release date: 1997-12-01) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 1 (Release date: 2003-06-23) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Deno – Partial support Deno 1.7 (Release date: 2021-01-19) disabled footnote Partial support disabled From version 1.7 users must explicitly set the `--location [url]` runtime flag. footnote This method exists but has no effect in Deno.

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Full support: Full support
Partial support: Partial support
No support: No support
: See implementation notes.
: User must explicitly enable this feature.

Location: reload() method

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