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How To Fix Aw Snap something went wrong Error On Google Chrome

Getting Aw Snap Something went wrong while displaying this webpage or aw snap! something went wrong while displaying your document Error While open Google Chrome Browser. Mostly This error occurs when a page fails to load in your browser. This error doesn’t show you why it is happening in detail. But aw snap error in chrome indicates that there is something wrong with your extension, Virus or malware infection, firewall or antivirus, browser cache, and cookies, etc. It may be due to a Chrome incompatible plugin or extension or due to a hardware problem like a defective graphics card (VGA) or a defective memory (RAM) module.

Aw, Snap! Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, reload or go to another page.

Aw Snap something went wrong Error is a very common problem And mostly Occur Due to incompatible extensions or plugins, Malfunctioned hardware such as RAM or VGA card, or outdated Chrome Browser, etc. Recently, This problem has been seen frequently in chrome. A simple reload can fix a snap. But it is not a permanent solution. If you are also Suffering from This Aw Snap something went wrong error while open google chrome looking for Solutions. Here We have some Best working solutions to fix Aw Snap something went wrong Error Permanently.

Aw Snap something went wrong

Before Move To Advanced Troubleshooting Steps, I would like to suggest check and perform the below Basic Points first that may help you out right away in case you receive that message only occasionally.

Reload Chrome Browser: Frist Simply close And Reopen the Google Chrome browser. Also, Press Ctrl-F5 to reload the site by bypassing the local cache.

Clear your browser cache: There may be a possibility that Chrome has some information stored as cached files that stop it to open a particular web page. So, clearing the Chrome cache may fix the issue.

Clearing Cache & Cookies to Fix “Aw, Snap!” Error

Steps to Clear browser Cache on chrome

To clear the cache on Google Chrome first Open Chrome on your computer Then click on the icon with three dots vertical at the upper right corner. Here click on More Tools => Clear browsing data.

clear browsing cache on chrome browser

It will open the page where you can select the time period. Check the ones you need to delete and click on Clear Browsing Data. It will take a few moments to clear up the browsing data.

Now, After clear, the Browser cache closes Google chrome and reopens Check Problem fixed there is no more Aw Snap something went wrong Error.

Scan your computer for malware programs

Sometimes Virus And malware infections also cause a snap error. We recommend Download And install the latest update antivirus or malware protection application and perform and perform a full system scan. Also, Run Third-party applications like Ccleaner to Clear Chrome browsing data. junk, temp files, and Repair broke Corrupt Registry entries.

  • Try a different browser to see if it resolves the connectivity issue.
  • Temporarily turn off (disable) your Antivirus and your Firewall program.
  • Install a fresh copy of Google Chrome.

These Are some Basic Troubleshooting To fix Aw Snap something went wrong chrome Error. If after performing These steps still, you are getting the same error Here follow some Advanced Troubleshooting options.

Disable Hardware acceleration

First Open Google Chrome click on the icon with three dots vertical at the upper right corner and choose “Settings”. Here Scroll down the “Settings” window until you find and click the “Show Advanced Settings” option.  Again Scroll down the window again and uncheck the “Use hardware acceleration when available” option.

Now Close And Restart your Chrome browser again and see if the “Aw, Snap” error is fixed.

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Disable scripts, Extensions, and plugins

First Open Google chrome and press Ctrl-Shift-N on the keyboard to open the chrome browser on Incognito mode and try to load the web page that threw the Aw, Snap error to see if you can load it. If you can, try to load it again in your normal browser window. If you can load it in private browsing mode but not in the normal mode, then an extension or script is likely interfering with the connection.

We suggest you disable extensions one by one also disables plugins that may cause the problem then see which is causing the issue. Open to do so.

Disable Chrome Extensions

Again Sometimes chrome extensions can cause Different problems on Chrome Browser. And may This Aw, Snap Something Went Wrong is one of them. We Recommend disabling or delete All Installed Chrome Extensions And Restart Chrome browsers. Then After Check if any extension cause the issue After disable them you may not face any Error on the chrome browser. To Disable or Remove Extensions on Chrome browser follow the below steps.

First Open Google Chrome and go to the chrome menu image and choose Settings. Here Choose “Extensions” from the left pane. Or simply Open Chrome Browser type chrome://extensions/ And hit the enter key.

Disable Chrome extensions
Here From the installed Extensions, Disable or Remove all extensions listed there. Restart your Chrome browser and check “Aw, Snap” error is fixed.

Disable Chrome Plugins

To Disable  Plugins on Chrome first Open Google Chrome and at the URL Address Bar type: chrome://plugins & press Enter.
On the “Plug-ins” page, disable the “Adobe Flash Player” plugin and restart your browser.

If you continue to face the “Aw, Snap” error, then disable the “Shockwave Flash Player” plugin if it exists, otherwise, try to disable (one-by-one) all other plugins in the list to find out which of them causes the problem. Remember to restart your browser after every change you make. In case that you find the plugin that causes the problem, update the corresponding plugin from its Author’s (publisher) site.

Checking Antivirus and Firewall Settings

Sometimes Aw Snap something went wrong Error messages can be appeared because of antivirus or firewall settings. So Check with disabling antivirus and firewall protection. Then try to open Google Chrome again and see what happens. If you find disabling antivirus and firewall solves your problem, You should be sure these are creating the problem. So check their configurations and settings. Try to add as an exception in antivirus and firewall. It will solve the problem.

If you are not using antivirus or any defender application that prevents your computer from viruses and malware comes from the Internet. Then such malicious software may not allow certain opening websites on Google Chrome. To fix this issue, install a good antivirus and add Chrome as an exception on this software.

Create New User Profile in Chrome

If all the above methods fail to fix This Aw Snap something went wrong Error then creating a new user profile may fix this issue. Sometimes If user profiles get corrupted, and that too may cause this Aw, snap! error. So, you can try creating a new user profile by following the below steps, Then try opening the web page with the new profile.

create a new user profile in Chrome

Open Google Chrome Browser on address bar type chrome://settings/ and hit the enter key to open chrome settings. Scroll down and look for “People”. Click on Add Person. Try creating a new Chrome profile.

Exit from the Google Chrome browser. Now press Windows Key + E to open Windows Explorer.

Now type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\  in the address bar and hit Enter.

Here find the Default named folder and change the name from Default to Backup Default.

Change Chrome Profile

Now Open Google Chrome Again open settings -> scroll down show advanced setting options Here under privacy

  • Make sure that in privacy you have marked the following options.
  • Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors
  • Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar
  • Predict network actions to improve page load performance
  • Enable phishing and malware protection
  • Automatically send usage statistics and crash reports to Google
  • Now After that check the problem Aw Snap something went wrong is get solved.

Disable Sandbox Mode

Disable the sandbox mode can also fix most of the chrome errors include Aw Snap something went wrong error. Try this option if nothing works because Chrome’s Sandbox Mode is not recommended to be disabled as it is what makes Chrome Browser secure.

To disable Sandbox Mode for Chrome Browser

  • Go to the Desktop, right-click on Chrome’s icon, and choose Properties.
  • Now, and under Shortcut Tab, add -no-sandbox at the end of the Target
  • Now click on Apply and OK to save the changes.
  • Try Again open google chrome and check there is no more Aw Snap something went wrong while open the web browser.

disable sandbox for google chromeThese are some best working solutions to fix chrome errors Aw Snap something went wrong, aw snap! something went wrong while displaying your document or Aw Snap Something went wrong while displaying this webpage Error on google chrome. Have any query suggestions Feel free to comment below.

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