Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Google Chrome is undoubtedly the fastest web browser among all of its competitors. Though it is great, there are some issues which have been reported by various users as they face while browsing websites using it. One of the biggest issues is the Chrome’s hunger of RAM. Anyway, we are not going to talk about the RAM issue in this blog post rather we are going to talk about an error that you might have seen (if you are an avid Chrome user) while loading one or multiple websites with it. I am talking about the error, Aw, Snap! Something went wrong while displaying this webpage.

How to resize photos on mac for email. Ever wanted to download Google Chrome extension to your computer? There are a few tricks which you can uses to download the extension manually from Chrome Web Store such as the one pointed in this guide, however the method itself won’t work if you execute the URL pointed using Chrome itself and will only works in other web browser.

To continue, reload or go to another page. When the Aw, Snap! Error comes; you see the above error page.

I have been into such situations quite a few times, and just reloading worked for me most of the times. But, just reloading doesn’t work all the time. In this blog post, I will discuss more about it and know how we can fix this Chrome error.

What actually Aw, Snap! Error is all about? Error comes when Chrome is having problems loading a webpage you’re trying to see.

This error can be triggered to happen because of incompatible extensions or plugins, Malfunctioned hardware such as RAM or VGA card, or outdated Chrome, etc. There can be various reasons for this issue. In most cases, the issue is on our computer and not with the web page, but in some cases, there can be some issues with the particular web page as well. How to Fix Aw, Snap!

There is a number of fixes available for this Chrome error which you can try, and see which one works for you. However, if you get this error once in a year you don’t need to think much about it, but if you are getting it frequently, then you must take action, and try fixing it. Below are some fixes for Aw, Snap!

Chrome Error Before applying any fix, do first try to reload as you can see the “ reload” button on the error page itself. If it works, you don’t need to do anything else. If not, then proceed to other fixes.

• Make sure your Internet is connected and working properly Do check whether your internet connection is working properly. Many times, if your goes off in between you are loading a page, you may see this error. So, make sure if the error came because of the disconnected internet or not. • Disable Extensions and Plugins The error can come because of incompatible or outdated plugins or extensions. In some cases, a particular extension may cause this error. So, first disable all the and plugins, and then try loading that page again. You can copy and paste chrome://extensions and chrome://plugins one by one in Chrome to open extensions and plugins pages, and disable everything.

If disabling all of them works well, then you can try enabling one by one, and keep reloading the page as well. This way, you can find out the culprit plugin or extension, and delete that permanently.

Above is the page you will see when you open chrome://extensions. In the red rectangle, you can see the enable options; you can uncheck them to disable. Below is the page you will see when you open chrome://plugins. You can enable and disable by just checking and unchecking the boxes. Try this, and find out if this works for you.

If not, move on to other fixes. • Clear Chrome Cache There may be a possibility that Chrome has some information stored as cached files that stops it to open a particular web page. So, clearing the Chrome cache may fix the issue. How to Clear Chrome Cache? Step 1 => Open Chrome on your computer Step 2 => On the Chrome, click on the icon with three dots verticall at the upper right corner.

Step 3 => Click on More Tools => Clear browsing data 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.

Once done, do try to reload that web page. • Free up Memory Your may be running out of memory, and that may trigger this error. So, close all other Chrome tabs which are open. Close other tools or applications that are running on the computer as well, and try deleting the that are not needed. Once done, do try reloading that web page which was not opening but throwing the error Aw, snap!

• Restart your Computer or Phone Whether you are using a phone or computer, there may be chances that different apps or programs may come in the way of your browsing, and the error comes. You can always try restarting your device once. In fact, restarting is the most recommended option as it solves many issues without doing anything. • Update your Chrome installation Sometimes the error may come due to an older version of Chrome as well. So, make sure you have the latest Chrome version installed on your device. If not, update it. How to Update Chrome?