# What does refresh: true in settings.yml mean?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136 "2025-07-28T09:02:19Z")
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136/1 "2025-07-28T09:02:19Z")
I saw `refresh: true` in a TC’s settings.yml before. I saw [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-refresh-on-clients-post-administrative-changes/169541/3) but I’m still not really understanding it - what does this do when applied to settings?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136/2 "2025-07-28T09:06:08Z")
When the setting is changed, all active clients will perform a full page refresh whenever they next navigate between pages. So this is useful if you want a setting change to take effect without needing to wait for everyone to naturally close/open their browsers.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136/3 "2025-07-28T09:06:59Z")
Ah, got it now. Thanks for clarifying!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-refresh-true-in-settings-yml-mean/376136/4 "2025-08-27T09:07:51Z")
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