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name of the website as well as its corresponding URL. Other private

data components such as cache, cookies, saved passwords, etc.,
are also saved during your browsing session. All this stored data can
slow down your browser or even prevent you from accessing
websites, and cause the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error. To clear
Google Chrome's browsing data cache, click the three dots in the
top-right corner, select "More tools" and click "Clear browsing
data...".

In the Clear browsing data window, select the data you want to
remove from your browsing Google Chrome cache and click
the "CLEAR DATA" button. Make sure that you select remove
"Cookies and other site data", "Cached images and files" and
"Hosted app data". Restart Google Chrome and see if you are still
getting the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error.

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Reset Network Settings

To reset network settings you will need to execute several
commands using Command Prompt - this method includes entering
and executing "ipcofig" and "netsh" commands. Ipconfig is a
command-line tool that displays the current configuration of the
installed IP stack on a networked computer. Using the tool, we can
flush and reset contents of the DNS client resolver cache and renew
DHCP configuration. Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that
allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the
network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh
also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of
commands in batch mode against a specified computer.

The commands require an elevated Command Prompt opened with

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User Account Control prompt will appear asking if you allow the
Command Prompt to make changes to your computer. Click "Yes".

Now type these commands and press Enter after each:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /all
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ip set dns
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Restart your computer when you have finished, launch Google

Chrome, and see if the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error persists.

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Clear Chrome Host Cache

You can also clear the Google Chrome Host Cache. Open Google
Chrome and a new Incognito window by clicking the three dots in the
top-right corner and selecting "New incognito window". Alternatively,
simply press the Ctrl + Shift + N keys on your keyboard. In the
incognito window, click the address bar and type this address:
"chrome://net-internals/#dns", and then press Enter. Find and click
the "Clear host cache" button. See if this fixes the
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Temporarily Disable Your Antivirus

It is possible that your antivirus (anti-malware) software is blocking
access to some or all of the websites - this is why you are getting the
"ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error. To make sure that installed third-
party antivirus software is not the cause of this error, we recommend
that you temporarily disable it and check if the error persists. If
disabling (or uninstalling) your antivirus helps, we recommend that
you switch to other antivirus software or to reinstall the currently one.
If you are not sure how to disable your antivirus, then read this
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where you will find instructions on how to disable some of the most
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client, disable it.

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Delete Temporary Files

It is possible that this "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error is caused
by files that stored in the "Temp" folder in Windows. To remove these
files, press the Windows key + R or right-click Start menu and select
"Run" from the contextual menu. This will open the Run dialog box.

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In the Run dialog box, type "temp" and press Enter or click "OK". To
access the Temp folder, you need to be logged into Windows with
your administrator account.

Now select all files by pressing Ctrl + A, right-click selected files and
choose the "Delete" option from the contextual menu. Open Google
Chrome and see if the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error persists.

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Change DNS To Google DNS

Google's Public DNS, a free alternative Domain Name System
(DNS) service offered to Internet users around the world. The public
DNS service and servers are maintained and owned by Google. It
functions as a recursive name server providing domain name
resolution for any host on the Internet. We recommend that you use
Google DNS for a faster and secure connection. You must change
the DNS manually, as outlined here.

To change your DNS server to Google's DNS server, go to Network

Connections settings. Right-click the Start menu and select "Network
Connections", or go to Settings and click "Network & Internet".

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In the Network & Internet settings window, select your connection

type (in our case, "Ethernet") on the left pane and then click "Change
adapter options" on the right pane.

Right-click on your connection and select "Properties" from the drop-

down menu.

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Select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and click

"Properties".

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In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window,

select "Use the following DNS server addresses", enter 8.8.8.8 as
the "Preferred DNS server" and 8.8.4.4 as the "Alternate DNS
server". Click "OK" to save changes. Restart your computer and see
if the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error is fixed.

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We hope that one of the above solutions fixed

the "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" issue and you are now able to use
Google Chrome to visit websites without any problems. If you know
of other solutions to this problem, not mentioned in our guide, please
share them with us by leaving a comment in the section below.

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