Fixed: This Webpage Is Not Available in Google Chrome

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Achilles.H

June 14, 2022

Fixed: This Webpage Is Not Available In Google Chrome

You may not be surprised at the error message "This webpage is not available" while attempting to open a website in Chrome. Many users have encountered this depressing error. A wrong website URL, a dead proxy, invalid browser data and DNS issues, any one of which can result in the occurrence of this error message. But such error can be resolved in easy ways. In this post, we'll discuss how to fix "this webpage is not available" error in Google Chrome.

1. Check the website URL

If you are accessing a certain website by entering the website address in the address bar, make sure the URL is completely correct. Just a missing point can lead to the wrong message. Don't mix up the extension of the website such as ".com", ".org", ".info" and be careful not to leave out letters.

2. Check the proxy settings

Step 1: Press Windows+I to open Settings and select Network&Internet > Status. In the right pane, scroll down to find Network and Sharing Center and click on it.

select network and sharing center

Step 2: In the next window, click Internet Options in the bottom-left corner.

click internet options

Step 3: Internet Properties window will open, choose Connections tab and click on LAN settings.

click lan settings

Step 4: Make sure you have not checked the Proxy server option.

check the markbox of proxy server

3. Clear browser data

Step 1: Click on the vertical ellipsis on the top right corner in Chrome window. Select More tools > Clear browsing data.

select clear browsing data

Step 2: Change the Time range to All time and check all the options. Then click Clear data and restart Google chrome.

click on clear data

4. Flush DNS

Step 1: Type and search cmd in the search bar and select Run as administrator.

open command prompt

Step 2: Enter ipconfig /flushdns in the Command Prompt window and hit Enter to execute it.

Step 3: When you see a message "Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache", close Command Prompt and reboot your PC.

5. Change DNS server addresses

Step 1: Repeat step 1 in method 2 to open Network and Sharing Center.

Step 2: In the next window, click Change adapter settings.

click change adpter settings

Step 3: Right-click on your Internet adapter and select Properties.

select properties

Step 4: Find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and double-click on it.

double click tcp ipv4

Step 5: TCP/IPv4 properties window will open, choose Use the following DNS server addresses option and type 8.8.8.8 in Preferred DNS server. Type 8.8.4.4 in Alternate DNS server and then click OK to apply the changes.

change dns server addresses

6. Reset Transmission Control and Internet Protocols

Step 1: Open Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2: Enter the following command lines one bye one. Press Enter to launch after pasting each command.

ipconfig/release
ipconfig/allipconfig/flushdns
ipconfig/renewnetsh int ip set dns
netshwinsock reset