Purge cache in Cloudflare via one of the many options mentioned by our experts in this article. Read on to find out more. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Server Management Services.

Let’s take a look at how our Support Team helped our customers with learning more about purging cache in Cloudflare.

How to Purge cache in Cloudflare

We can purge any cached resources via single-file, cache-tag or hostname, or all cached content. Furthermore, users can purge cache by URL or purge all cached assets. In fact, Cloudflare Enterprise users have the ability to purge via cache-tags and hostnames as well.

• Purge by single-file (by URL)
• Purge everything
• Purge with Cache-Tags
• ​​Purge cache by prefix
• ​​Purge cache key resources
• ​​Purge varied images

Purge by single-file helps remove cached resources from the stored asserts in the CDN across the data centers. Furthermore, new requests for these assets get access to the latest version from the origin web server. In addition, it adds it back to the CDN cache via the specific Cloudflare data center that had the request initially.

However, a single-file purge cannot clear objects that have the following:

• Custom cache keys
• Origin header
• Any of these request headers:
  • X-Forwarded-Host
  • X-Forwarded-Scheme
  • X-Rewrite-URL
  • X-Host
  • X-Original-URL
  • Forwarded

According to our Support Team, we can still purge objects with the above characteristics via an API call.

If we are opting to purge everything, Cloudflare recommends a complete cache purge.

This involves purging everything instantly in the CDN cache in every Cloudflare data center. In fact, every complete purge request returns to the origin server for resource validation. If the validation fails, Cloudflare fetches the latest version at the origin server and then replaces the cached version.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares introduced us to purging cache in Cloudflare and the different ways to get it done.