To reduce the site loading time, the browser saves plenty of information, like images, text, and page styling. This seems like a great feature, allowing you to surf any website with minimal loading time.
However, sometimes this feature can bring some additional problems when you want to inspect the recent changes to the site; then, you might have to refresh hard or reload a web page.
The hard refresh will clear the stored site information and reload the website from the web server instead of local files.
In the past few days, I have been involved in developing a website. I was consistently changing the website’s styling, images, and text to find how it would look on my Samsung Internet browser. However, I could not see the new changes. Hence I had to refresh the web page on the browser hard to see the changes in real time.
The hard refresh also helps resolve most browser issues, like web pages not loading correctly or sites being unable to load.
Reload a Page on Samsung Internet
Reloading a website page is relatively easy, and one tap. You will notice a reload icon when you launch the browser and open any webpage. Tap on Reload 
from the URL bar, and the website will reload instantly.
The reload option will only refresh the page. It doesn’t delete any cache data generally stored in the browser. Hence, to perform a hard refresh, we also need to clear the site data.
Hard Refresh a Site
There is no explicit button or option within Samsung Browser to perform a hard refresh. But we can clear the site data, which is the same as doing a hard refresh.
Here are steps for a hard refresh in the Samsung internet browser:
- Launch the Samsung Internet browser app.
- Tap on More
for the menu list. - Choose the Settings option from the list.
- Under the Advanced section, choose the Sites and downloads menu.
- Next, open Manage Website Data from the menu.
- Tap on the Delete button.
- Enable the checkbox for sites to delete the data, and hit on the command button.
This will delete the site records and data entirely from the Samsung Internet browser. Now if you try to load the same website or webpage, a new page will be loaded from the server instead of browser cache storage.
Delete Browsing Data
If you want to delete entire browser data for a hard refresh, then deleting browsing data will be the best bet. This hard refresh will clear your browser cache, cookies, and site data.
Here are the steps to delete browsing data from Samsung Browser:
- Launch the Samsung Internet browser app.
- Tap on More for the menu list.
- Choose the Settings option from the list.
- Scroll down and select the Privacy and Security settings.
- Under Privacy and Security, open the Delete browsing data tab.
- Enable the checkbox for Cache and Cookies and site data option.
- Hit on the command button.
This will immediately clear the browser’s entire browsing cache and cookies data. This is technically a hard refresh on the Samsung internet browser. A drawback of this technique is that all the website’s cookies and cache data are cleared, not just one site.
Clear Data from Samsung Internet
You can also clear the browser data through your phone settings. This is also a simple method and can be done without much hassle.
Here are the steps to hard refresh using phone settings on the Samsung browser:
- Launch the Phone Settings app.
- Choose the Apps menu from Settings.
- Search for Samsung Internet and tap on it to open the App Info page.
- Within the App info page, select the Storage menu.
This will display the entire storage space occupied by the Samsung Internet browser. - Hit on the Clear data option to finish.
This will delete the entire browser cache and user data storage from the Samsung Internet browser. It will also help as a hard refresh for Samsung Internet.
Bottom Line: Hard Refresh Samsung Internet
The Samsung Internet and other mobile browsers do not offer the hard refresh option within the menu. The best way to hard refresh and reload a web page is to clear the site data and cache. If you visit a website more often, the option is handy for deleting the old browser data.
The hard refresh on the Samsung browser has helped me do my work efficiently and without hassle. It helped me see all the changes I made to the website. It also helps in resolving the most common browser loading errors and issues.
How often do you perform the hard refresh? Have you tried doing a hard refresh on the Samsung internet browser?