# Clear cache when adding oneboxed URL to post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 19, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193 "2019-08-19T16:20:08Z")
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### Author: ![markwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@markwill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markwill)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193/1 "2019-08-19T16:20:08Z")

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When inserting a link into a new topic, how can I clear the cache when the target page has been updated?

I inserted a URL and noticed that the title of the page was incorrect. I fixed that on the page itself, but when I insert the URL again I am always getting the older title. Obviously this is cached somewhere but I am not sure where. I’ve done all the obvious stuff (cleared cache, incognito session, logged out/in, etc) but still pull in the older title.

I am wondering if this is analogous to when inserted into Facebook posts, where the same behavior exists (but I can easily fix with the Facebook debugger page, to refresh Facebook’s view of the link at the back end). Is there a similar option Discourse?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193/2 "2019-08-19T16:29:15Z")

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Onebox happens all server side so

> [@markwill](#):
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> cleared cache, incognito session, logged out/in, etc

won’t help you.

One easy way to bypass cache is to add a query parameter to the URL, like appending `?v=2` to end of it.

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### Author: ![markwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@markwill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markwill)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193/3 "2019-08-19T16:31:05Z")

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Yeah, I figured. I was hoping there was some utility/feature like the Facebook thing I mentioned but thanks for confirming.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clear-cache-when-adding-oneboxed-url-to-post/126193/4 "2019-09-18T16:31:11Z")

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