Use **Refresh Page** when the current page needs to reload before the next step or cycle. It reloads whichever page this tab is on and does not open a different URL.

## How to add it

**Add Step** → **Refresh Page**. Optional **Bypass cache** is on this step only. Leave it off when a normal reload is enough. Turn it on when a dashboard keeps serving a cached shell.

A timer-style “refresh this tab every N seconds” is **Refresh Page** plus [Repeat](/steps/repeat). Repeat is the End block. It never reloads. Default new automation: Repeat on, 30-second Fixed wait.

## Not this step

Does not open a different URL — that is [Go To Web Page](/steps/go-to-web-page). Is not the Repeat End wait. Does not inspect the page. For a check after reload, add [If / Else](/steps/if-else) or [Wait / Delay](/steps/wait-delay) Until.

Chrome UI pages, extension pages, and the Chrome Web Store cannot be reloaded.

## Related guides

[How to auto refresh a tab in Chrome](/blog/auto-refresh-a-tab-in-chrome) is the pillar. Then [a dashboard](/blog/auto-refresh-dashboard-chrome), a [background tab](/blog/auto-refresh-background-tab-chrome), or [more than one tab](/blog/auto-refresh-multiple-tabs-chrome).