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title: "Why doesn't Mac OS have a refresh button like Windows?"  
description: "Why doesn't Mac OS have a refresh button like Windows?"  
author: "Austin Dcruz"  
published: 2022-02-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95855/why-doesn-t-mac-os-have-a-refresh-button-like-windows  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac os", "windows", "troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Why doesn't Mac OS have a refresh button like Windows?

Why doesn't [Mac OS](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97654/how-to-make-eee-pc-running-linux-look-like-mac-os) have a [refresh](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12865/how-to-refresh-dropdownlist-but-keep-old-selected-value-json) [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/63/how-to-add-button-in-datagridview-in-csharp-dot-net) like [Windows](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/166/windows-api)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![Why doesn](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/603d5c10-32e7-4cf2-9ba2-bcfe82f845a8/images/a930e51c-86ad-4e9c-9b66-9125a4a2b85a.jpeg) **\**

- [**Mac**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95827/how-do-i-upgrade-the-mac-os-catalina-os-x-10-15) users who have converted from Windows may be asking what the Mac counterpart of the refresh button is. It's also possible that you've always been a Mac user and are wondering how to refresh your browser on a Mac. In most Windows web browsers, the F5 key is used to refresh the page.
- On **Windows systems, pressing F5 t**o refresh a web browser, website, or webpage is a well-known shortcut; however, pressing F5 on a Mac produces a different outcome.
- On Mac platforms, instead of hitting F5, you'll want to use **Command+R (or cmd+r)** to do a refresh. Of course, the majority of Mac web browsers are the same.
- You'll need to change the typical Command+R input to do a hard refresh, but the key combination may alter depending on the browser you're using.
- Press Command+Option+R in Safari and Opera.
- Shift+Command+R in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge
- You can also do a hard refresh by holding down the Shift key while pressing your browser's refresh button.

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