Error 404. The Page is not Found (Not Found). How to Fix?

We continue to deal with errors that you can often see in the window of your browser. And in this article we will find out what the “Error 404 Not Found”, or simply “Page not found” and how to fix it.

I’ll probably start with the fact that error 404 can appear in almost any browser and on any device. Whether it’s a computer, laptop, phone, tablet, or some other device. It also makes no difference whether you have Windows 10, 8, 7, or XP installed. This is not a problem with your device and not with your internet connection (in most cases).

The very error “Not Found”, or “No such page” can be observed when visiting a variety of sites. On social networks, in search engines, and even on your favorite website where you watch movies 🙂 🙂 .

Also the error itself can look different. In this case, it all depends on how it is configured on the site. Not rarely, it’s a common, you can say standard error that the server gives out. It looks like this:

Let’s take a closer look at why such messages appear at all, and what you can do to open the desired site, or page of the site.

Error 404: what is it and why does it appear?

This error means that you are trying to go to an address that does not exist. The page at this address is inaccessible. The address of the page has changed, or it has been deleted. For example, let’s take one of the pages on this site. Let it be https://www.intel.co.uk/. If you go to this address, the page we need will load. But, if you change the address, for example, add at the end of some number or letter, we will see the error “Page not found”. Since the page with such an address simply does not exist on the site.

In the social network Facebook, for example, the page with error 404 looks like this (Page Not Found):

As we have already found out, this error appears because of problems on the site itself. In most cases, simply change the address of the page you need, or the site administrator deletes it. There may be problems on the server side, where the site is located. For example, improper operation of some protection system, etc. With a search engine is unlikely to go to a page with an error Not Found. Since search engines “throw” such pages from the index. I myself not infrequently encounter this error when going to a page from bookmarks, or a link on the site.

How to fix the error 404 “Page not found”?

There are very few solutions. Since the problem is not on your side, but on the side of the server (site). And most likely, you are unlikely to be able to access this page anymore. But there are a few solutions that can fix this error.

• First of all, refresh the page in your browser. Press the F5 key, or the corresponding button in the browser itself.
  
• Check the address in the address bar. Maybe you accidentally added something there.
  Not seldom error 404 appears because the author of the site incorrectly specified the address of the link. I have had this happen several times.
• Copy the link from the address bar of your browser, and try to find it through the search engine Yandex, or Google.
  Perhaps, in the search results will appear the site and page we need.
• Go back to the main page of the site, and try to find the necessary page through the menu on the site, or through the search.
• Try opening this URL (address) in a different browser or from a different device. If everything opens fine in another browser and you don’t see the “Page not found” error, then clear your browser cache. For an example: how to do it in Opera browser.
• If the whole site is inaccessible (even the main page) and in the browser appears error Not Found (or another with the code 404), and from another device (through another connection to the Internet) everything opens, then most likely your IP address for some reason is blocked on the server. You can change the IP using a VPN plugin for your browser. If you really need to go to this site.
• Rarely, but there may be a DNS problem. In this case, you can try to prescribe DNS from Google.
• If you really need to access a page with information that gets a “No such page” error (or something like that), you can write to the site administration and explain the problem. They might be able to prompt you for a new address.

If you know other ways you can fix the 404 error, then share your solution in the comments below this article. You can describe your problem and ask a question.

To summarize: this error is mostly caused by problems on the website itself. We just need to get over it, and find the necessary information on another site. This is not a big problem nowadays.

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Ramón

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