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What is 404 Error & How To Fix a 404 Not Found Error

404 Not Found error messages are frequently customized by individual websites, so keep in mind that the 404 error may show up in just about any way imaginable depending on what website it's shown from.

Cause of HTTP 404 Errors

A 404 error is an HTTP status code that means that the page you were trying to reach on a website couldn't be found on their server.
Technically, an Error 404 is a client-side error, implying that the error is your mistake, either because you typed the URL in wrong or the page has been moved or removed from the website and you should have known.
Another possibility is if a website has moved a page or resource but did so without redirecting the old URL to the new one. When that happens, you'll receive a 404 error instead of being automatically routed to the new page.

How to Fix the 404 Not Found Error

1. Retry the web page by pressing F5, clicking the refresh/reload button, or trying the URL from the address bar again.
2. Check for errors in the URL.
3. Move up one directory level at a time in the URL until you find something.
   For example, if www.web.com/a/b/c.htm gave you the 404 not Found error, move up to www.web.com/a/b/.
4. Search for the page at a popular search engine. It's possible that you simply have the entirely wrong URL in which case a quick Google or Bing search should get you where you want to go.
5. Clear your browser's cache. For example, if you can reach the URL from your phone but not from your tablet, clearing the cache on your tablet's browser might help. Note: clearing the cache didn't work.
6. Change the DNS servers used by your computer but only if an entire website is giving you a 404 error, especially if the website is available to those on other networks (e.g. your mobile phone network or a friend in another city).
7. Finally, if all else fails, contact the website directly.
   

Errors Like Error 404

The following error messages are related to the 404 Not Found error because they're all client-side errors:
400 Bad Request | 401 Unauthorized | 403 Forbidden | 408 Request Timeout

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