Why am I getting the socket error on the google chrome browser?

Posted by Earl Platz on December 18th, 2020

Chrome browsers are generally known for providing the fast and safe browsing experience. When, you need to install it on your windows or mac pc, you will rarely face any kind of difficulty in surfing any website.

As we all know about the technologies, it may crash any time, like that you may also suffer from several issues on the chrome browser. socket error is one the most common error people get.

Whenever they try to open any website on the google chrome, they get the waiting for available socket error on the chrome and shows a loading symbol only.

Now some of you must be wondering about what does wating for available socket mean  and how to fix it by myself? well, I am answering both questions in this article. You may use the techniques given into this article to get the solution.

Generally, people get the socket error on the chrome due to the DNS cache or issues in the private data. so you should reset the mobile data and reset the chrome browser again. now let’s try to access the email account again. let’s see what does it shows on your browser now.

1. Whenever your browser is showing you socket error, you should clean the history and other browsing data from the chrome and then reload the website. If it doesn’t work yet, you may reset the internet connection as well.
2. Check this third party apps like- browser extensions, vpns, antivirus or other programs, may be they are blocking the connection.  that’s why you are getting the waiting for the socket error.
3. Update the java plugins and other data on your browser, if it is still not working well, you may reset the connection and reload the connection now.
4. After making all these changes, if the chrome browser is not working well, you need to factory reset the connection, and then reload the browser again.

So these are the configuration option for waiting for available socket error, if you are still unable to access the chrome browser, you may reset the connection, and then your browser will start working fine.