Have you ever come across the ERR_CACHE_MISS error while browsing in Google Chrome?
You are not alone!
The cache is nothing but the data that the website stores about you. It will be handy when you surf the site again and again. Your preferences and patterns will all be recorded and you will get customized information.
If you come across this ERR_CACHE_MISS error, it means that your cache is missing and you will be needed to retype the old information that you have typed already in the particular website.
There may be due to an underlying issue with your browser too. Or else, the available cache might be unusable or not in the appropriate format.
How to Fix ERR_CACHE_MISS In Google Chrome?
Here we have mentioned some best solutions to fix Err_Cache_Miss from Google Chrome. So let’s scroll down.
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Method 1: Clear Browser Data
Usually, when your browser, Google Chrome in this case has many faulty files it will indirectly affect the performance of your whole browser.
By clearing the browser data, All the cache and files will be deleted. To put in simpler words, the browser gets reset like a new one. Now, when you visit a website, it will be like you are a first time visitor.
To clear browsing data in Google Chrome, do the following steps.
Step 1: In the address bar of Google Chrome, type “chrome://settings” and press Enter.
Step 2: The settings of your browser will be opened. Go to the “Advanced” option.
Step 3: Under “Privacy and Security”, select “clear browsing data”.
Step 4: A pop up will appear and ask for the date from which you wish to clear your browser history.
Step 5: Click on “Beginning of time” then select all options and choose “Clear browsing data”.
Step 6: Go to the task manager and end all the running applications.
Step 7: Restart your browser and check if that particular website you want to surf is accessible now.
Method 2: Check Browser’s Extensions
Even after clearing your browser data, the website shows the error, then the issue might be due to browser extensions. Some extensions will interfere with the working of a website. So, to check it, we can disable all the active extensions in the browser.
To do so, perform the following steps.
Step 1: In the address bar, type “chrome://extensions” and then press enter.
Step 2: Uncheck the “enable” option to disable the extensions.
Step 3: Restart your browser by ending it in the task manager.
Step 4: Check if the error still shows up on the website.
Step 5: If yes, then your extensions are not a concern.
Method 3: Reset Your Browser
If the above two methods did not work, then you might have to reset your browser.
NOTE: All of your saved information like bookmarks, configurations and other data may be erased. So, take a backup in your google account. After backing up the data, proceed to perform the below actions.
Step 1: In the address bar, type “chrome://settings”. As said earlier, the settings of the browser will be opened.
Step 2: On the bottom left side of the page, select the option “Advanced”.
Step 3: At the bottom, select the “Reset” option.
Step 4: It will ask you for confirmation.
Step 5: Select Reset. This process will take a few minutes.
Step 6: Your browser will restart after the reset is complete.
Step 7: After doing so, go to the task manager and end all the tasks related to Chrome and then restart your browser to open the webpage.
Method 4: Disable Prompt Repost
If the issue still persists, then you can also try to not delete the cache from certain sites in order to have smooth access to it while surfing. To do so, perform the following steps.
Step 1: In Chrome’s shortcut on the desktop, right-click on it and then select “Properties”.
Step 2: A dialog box will appear. Click on the “Shortcut” tab from the top.
Step 3: In that tab, select the “Target” field.
Step 4: Type in the following command with space.
“-disable-prompt-on-repost” at the end of the text written in the given field.
Step 5: Choose “Apply” and then click on “OK” to save your changes.
Step 6: Reopen your website and check if the issue still remains the same.
Method 5: Delete the Cache Line From PHP Header
In the “Header”, if you have noticed, there is a specific line. When you open it in the form of PHP code, you can see that that line will tell the browser not to cache the data from the site. So, for resolving our cache missing issue, we have to delete this line!
Yeah, sounds like hacking they show in movies!!
To do so, perform the following.
Step 1: The Header in the PHP code has the following format of code.
“header(‘Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0’);”
Step 2: The “no-store,” should be deleted, as it is the code that orders the system to not to store the cache.
Step 3: After deleting it, your code will look like this.
header(‘Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0’);
Step 4: After editing, save these changes, and restart your website.
Method 6: Update Your Browser
Well, even after performing the solutions mentioned above, if the error still shows up, then you might have to update your whole browser. If your browser is outdated, or even if you missed the recent update that had many new features like rectifying bugs, then updating your browser is the best possible solution for us.
To do so, perform the following steps.
Step 1: In the top right side corner of the screen, select the three dots. In the drop-down menu, select “Help” and then choose “About Google Chrome”.
Step 2: Open the “About Google Chrome”.
Step 3: Chrome will automatically search if there are any updates available. If there is any available update, it will download automatically.
Step 4: You will be asked to restart your browser after the update is done. So, select the “Relaunch” button to restart the updated browser.
Step 5: Reopen the website and check if you can smoothly surf it.
If not, then don’t worry!
We are still not out of troubleshooting options.
Method 7: Disable Cache System
Now, we can try to disable the whole cache system and then check if this helps to remove the error of missing cache. But this can happen only when the developer mode is ON. To do so, do perform the given steps.
Step 1: Press these keys together “Ctrl + Shift+ I”. It will start the developer mode.
Step 2: To go to settings, press F1.
Step 3: Scroll down there and then select the “Network”.
Step 4: In that, check the box that contains, “Disable cache (while DevTools is open)”.
Step 5: Now, the cache will be disabled.
Step 6: Without closing the DevTools dialog box, refresh the page
Step 7: Now try to open the problematic webpage.
Method 8: Reset Network Settings
The issue might be also with your network. So, by trying to reset your network settings. Sometimes, faulty networks may also lead to this cache error. The server may not be able to retrieve information from your device. To resolve this issue, you need to perform the actions in the administrator mode. To do so, follow these steps.
Step 1: Click Windows + S keys together in order to launch the search bar.
Step 2: Then type “cmd” in the dialogue box, and then right-click on the application and select “Run as administrator”.
Step 3: A command prompt will be opened. After opening it, type the below commands one by one by pressing enter.
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /all
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ip set dns
netsh winsock reset
Step 4: After typing these commands, they will be executed. Now reset your computer and reopen the webpage.
Method 9: Test with Other Browsers
As you have scrolled down to this very end, the issue might be not exactly from your end. Open the webpage from a different device or a different browser other than Google Chrome. If the site does not open or not function well, then the issue is on the side of the server handlers or the developers of the website.
And also, do not forget to ensure that you do not have any third-party applications or firewalls enabled that will disrupt the functioning of the webpage.
And also, try to reset your internet Router, if you can not access any of the webpages. This can be easily done by unplugging your router and then replugging it with a gap of a minimum of 30 seconds.
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Conclusion
Though, these methods are the most common solutions for the issue, if the issue is not from your end, as we saw in method 9, all you can do is to wait or report the issue to their customer service .I Hope, this helped. Does the issue still persist? Write to us. Do you have any better options?Comment below! Happy surfing!
