How-To Fully Disable Caching in Drupal 7

Caching helps to cut the load on server & increase server speed. Hence, Drupal comes with caching build-in at various levels. there will be situations where,  you may want to disable ALL caching like I was doing some module development and without clearing out the caches the changes were not visible. So, I had to disable caches.  Incase, you too want to disable Caching for say for development - here below

1. Go to Site Configuration -> Performance:

* Set the following options, and click _Save configuration_:


  * **Caching mode:** Disabled


  * **Minimum cache lifetime:** none


  * **Page compression:** Disabled


  * **Block cache:** Disabled


  * **Optimize CSS files:** Disabled


  * **Optimize JavaScript files:** Disabled





* Click _Clear cached data_.

1. Go to Site building -> Views -> Tools:

* Check _Disable views data caching_ and click _Save configuration_.


* Click _Clear Views' cache_.

1. Install the Devel module, and go to Site Configuration -> Devel settings:

* Check _Rebuild the theme registry on every page load_ and click _Save configuration_.

1. Add the following to your .module file to disable menu caching

[php]

function hook_init(){ //FIXME: remove before going into production menu_rebuild(); }[/php]

With this, now ALL caching in drupal will disabled. Enjoy quicker development & don’t forget to undo these changes once your site goes into production!