Are you frustrated at finding Google cached pages gone? They aren’t really gone, but where to find Google cached pages is now inexplicably hidden. Happily, while the Google cached page arrow has disappeared, you can still access Google’s cached version of a search result page, you just need to know where Google has hidden access to cached pages. So here’s how to find and view cached pages in Google search results.
You may also find yourself frustrated at having searched for the answer to where those cached pages have gone (actually they haven’t gone anywhere, they are still on Google’s cached pages server), and found answers that say things like “Click the “three dots” menu beside the URL, top line of each result. The panel which opens has a “Cached” button below the website description.” (That is an actual quote taken from Google’s own support page.) Yet, when you click on those three dots, and look at the panel which opens, there is no ‘Cached’ button below the website description.
This was all brought home to us when we were doing our own Google search for the term “chronosync when a filesystem change is made” for an upcoming article on how to keep two Macs in sync. There were very few results (which is why we are writing it up in that forthcoming article), and one of those few results did not actually display the term on the resulting page, yet it was showing up in the top level search results.
Unfortunately, going to that page on Reddit did not turn up what we were looking for, because that page had since been updated, and the information for which we were specifically looking removed. But we knew it was there, somewhere, cached, because it’s in the results! After we ourselves experienced a bit of frustration, we figured it out, and we have written it up for you so that hopefully you can avoid the frustration that we felt.
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How to Find and View Google Cached Pages Search Results
Here’s the thing, that advice on the Google support page wasn’t wrong, it just wasn’t really right. You do need to click on those three dots, and the ‘Cached’ button is on the resulting panel. But it isn’t below the website description. Well, technically it is below it, but it’s way below it.
First, click on those 3 dots.
This opens up the ‘panel’.
Now, access to the Google cached pages is still there, but it is not just below the website description. So you would be forgiven for looking, not seeing it, and getting more frustrated.
That’s because it is down at the VERY bottom!
So now you know where to find those Google cached pages again, at least until the next time Google hides that particular ball.
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Time to update this article as it’s no longer relevant. Google silently removed the Cached option from its search pages entirely last week. RIP.
I don’t have cached results seemingly for any pages anymore.
As of 01JAN23, I find cached under a sort of clickable arrow at the top of that popup box.
However, it still seems like there’s some content (a search term I wanted) that Google is crawling (and showing in search result preview) that is not shown in the cached page.
Gone gone gone. Google apparently now enables websites to allow pages to be indexed that are not available for users. This used to be a big no-no.
Nope. Cached button/option is entirely removed even with this. Google apparently does not want people looking at cached pages. Also, go looking for cached page links even from a short time ago – you’ll see it’s almost always 404 now.
The Cached button is gone from there now as well.