How to disable caching in Magento

How to disable caching in Magento 1 for development purposes.  Since Magento is a robust CMS, it caches many parts of your website. This is helpful at times, but can be a nuisance during development. 

Steps to disable caching

1. Log in to your Magento Admin Panel.
2. From the Admin Panel, select System > Cache Management.
   

   

3. This will generate the Cache Storage Management panel.  Click Select All.
   

   

4. From the Actions drop-down list select Disable > Submit.
   

   

5. Click Flush Magento Cache and Flush Cache Storage to completely clear the cache.
   

   

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