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title: P​urge varied images · Cloudflare Cache (CDN) docs
description: Purging varied images instantly purges all content variants for
  that URL. This behavior occurs so that if an image changes, you can easily
  update the cache with a single purge request instead of trying to determine
  the potential number of out-of-date variants. The behavior is true regardless
  of purge type used, such as single file, tag, or hostname.
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Purging varied images instantly purges all content variants for that URL. This behavior occurs so that if an image changes, you can easily update the cache with a single purge request instead of trying to determine the potential number of out-of-date variants. The behavior is true regardless of [purge type](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) used, such as [single file](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-single-file/), [tag](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-tags/), or [hostname](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-hostname/).
