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Bypass your cache — Simple instructions In most Windows and Linux browsers: Hold down Ctrl and press F5. In Apple Safari: Hold down ⇧ Shift and click the Reload toolbar button. In Chrome and Firefox for Mac: Hold down both ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift and press R. See full instructions below
If you would like to keep your data in your cache and test Wikipedia with an empty cache, you can use Private Browsing mode. To disable caching in Firefox (not recommended for most users): Choose Tools Options… (or Edit Preferences in the Linux version). Choose "Advanced" at the top. Choose the "Network" tab. Change the cache size to 0 (zero).
Start downloading a Wikipedia database dump file such as an English Wikipedia dump. It is best to use a download manager such as GetRight so you can resume downloading the file even if your computer crashes or is shut down during the download. Download XAMPPLITE from (you must get the 1.5.0 version for it to work). Make sure to pick the file ...
Note: After saving, you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari: Hold down the ⇧ Shift key and click the Reload toolbar button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see Wikipedia:Bypass your cache
Purging clears the page's server cache, and the page is rebuilt. Before purging, you may want to try first to refresh the page using your web browser . For updating a page display, any purge methods do the job, but for categories and backlinks a null edit explained below is required, and other methods don't work.
Alternatively one can copy the wikitext, i.e. the text in the edit box (the source code within the database).. This has a limited use. There is more information in the webpage than conveyed by the wikitext:
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Wikipedia:Cache may refer to: Wikipedia:Bypass your cache; Wikipedia:Purge; Wikipedia:WikiProject Geocaching ...
Of course Google might cache the Wrong Version of a page, but Google re-crawls Wikipedia pretty often (and they seemed responsive to notification of this particular unlucky timing). In any case, there are many Wrong Versions that stay on Wikipedia for a long time, so avoiding caching would have little effect.