The invention provides a method and device for refreshing a
web page. The method comprises a step of displaying a
web page, a step of obtaining a refreshing instruction corresponding to the
web page,wherein the refreshing indication is used for instructing to reload the web page, and a step of displaying a prompt pop-up window if the need of emitting reminding is determined according to the typeof the web page after obtaining the refreshing indication, wherein the prompt pop-up window includes reminding information used for reminding whether to confirm the reloading of the above web page. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the operation of erroneously executing the refreshing of the web page can be effectively avoided, and misoperations are reduced.