How to clear Facebook Sharer cache?

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catandmouse picture catandmouse · Mar 10, 2011 · Viewed 189.7k times · Source

We used the link: 

http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=[shared URL]

...to share a particular page. However, Facebook Sharer uses the cached version of the images and the title. Is there a way to quickly clear the Facebook cache or how long do we have to wait until the data gets updated?

I placed <link rel='image_src' href='[preview image]' /> in between the tags.

Answer

catandmouse picture catandmouse · Mar 10, 2011

I found a solution to my problem. You could go to this site:

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

...then put in the URL of the page you want to share, and click "debug". It will automatically extract all the info on your meta tags and also clear the cache.

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