Nowadays, the Internet has become an essential part of everyone’s life. A browser enables you to surf anything throughout the world. Most of the users use Google Chrome as their browser but the chrome sometimes fails to work as per your desire. It shows some error message while using and mostly it is challenging to understand the reason behind the error message. Among the error messages that occur, Confirm Form Resubmission is one of them. The error code looks like the image below:
Why Do Confirm Form Resubmission Dialog Error Happen?
The Confirm Form Resubmission Dialog Pop Up box appears either on refreshing a web-page on the browser or while you try to go back to the previous page. It is not considered an error. Instead, it is called as a feature by the Superuser posters, and it is investigated deeply.
Many users had reported this bug, but it is still present in all the versions of Google Chrome and other browsers. We assumed that the reason behind this error is that the Google Chrome’s module that was built to deal with the forward or backward key movement is so weak that it is next to impossible to solve the problem. There are many reasons that the dialog pop up appears, we have mentioned some of those reasons below :
- Slow or weak Internet Connection.
- You might have refreshed the page that contains a certain kind of form.
- You tried to go back in the middle of a form being submitted.
The user provides the data in the form, and it is then sent from the user’s browser to the server. If the page is refreshed during the transfer, the content of the page might be duplicated. Suppose, you are trying to fill a form for account creation, and after processing for submission if you decide to refresh in between, you can get the error message of Confirm Form Resubmission.
Now, it is quite understandable that if there would be no feature like this, we will end up creating two different accounts with similar details, which is useless. So, to avoid this type of duplication, this featured had been established. But if you refresh by mistake, this feature turns out to be the most irritating. So the focus is on how to fix the error. And we are here with some solutions.
How to Fix Confirm Form Resubmission Error?
We are gone through some studies to know how to resolve the Confirm Form Resubmission error of Google Chrome. We found some methods to get rid of this error. The methods are mentioned below:
Solution 1: Disable Damaged Extensions
Disabling the corrupt extensions from your browser might help you to get rid of Confirm Form resubmission error. For disabling the corrupt extensions, the steps are provided below :
Step 1: Open your browser and click on the triple dots on the top-right corner.
Step 2: Go to More Tools and then select Extensions.
Step 3: Now, look for the Corrupted Extensions from the lists Remove it. Install it again.
After disabling and again re-enabling all the extensions, check whether the Confirm Form Resubmission error has been resolved.
Solution 2: Use Google Chrome Properties
Using some Google Chrome Properties, you can solve this snag quickly. Follow the steps listed below :
Step 1: At first, right-click on the Google Chrome icon and from the options select Properties.
Step 2: A dialogue box will appear. You will see a field named “Target“.
Step 3: In the field add “-diasble-prompt-on-repost” (Without quotes).
Step 4: The Target, for me, is:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.”
Step 5: Now change the above URL with the following:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe”-disable-prompt-on-repost
Step 6: Now, close your Google Chrome, if it is already open and re-open it with the same shortcut.
Step 7: Check whether the problem remains while refreshing the web page.
If you are using this method, to remove the Confirm Form Resubmission error, you should possess two shortcut keys on your desktop. One of the icons must be configured with the method mentioned above, and the other should have the default properties. It depends on the type of work you do with your browser.
Some links might need your security data. Specific links might ask you to fill your personal details, such as credit card details or something similar to that. So, if you have such kind of work that needs your security data, we advise you to use the browser shortcut with the default properties.
Solution 3: Use AJAX Submit Button
AJAX function of jQuery can be used so that after you submit the form once, it does not reload. To do so, you need to add the following function in your page’s code.
$.ajax({ type: "POST", URL: "bin/validation.php" data: dataString, success: function(){ //Whatever you want to do on successful submission } }); return false;
The data filled in the form as per the PHP file as the AJAX function processes the URL property. Now, if the data authenticates it indicates that it was an effective submission of the form data and therefore, it returns false. In case, if you reload the page accidently, it will not send any new request. Thus, there will be no error regarding the Confirm Form Resubmission.
Solution 4: Replacing the POST Method
Users enter their data in the form, and this data are then transferred to the browser, this method is known as the POST Method. When you use this POST Method, the details you entered into the form will not be attached to the URL. That is why these details are not visible to the users. But, if you use the GET method, the details will be attached to the URL, and this does not guarantee the privacy of the data being transmitted.
Generally, we don’t use the GET Method with forms. If your page accepts to change or modify the data on itself, you can replace the POST Method to the GET Method. To replace the step, follow the simple steps below :
Step 1: Click on the URL.
Step 2: Now, replace POST with GET in the URL. For example, if the URL is
<form action="index.php?load=SEARCH" method="post">
Remove “POST” from the above URL and write “GET” in place of it. Like,
<form action="index.php?load=SEARCH" method="get">
If you use Google Chrome or any other browser regularly, then this method might not work for you to fix this issue. There are other methods you may try.
Solution 5: Disable Motion Across the Browser
Some Google Chrome users facing the unwanting popping up of confirm Form Resubmission message told that this is not a bug. This pop-up message occurs because the browser cannot cache POST requests and attempts to submit the form, for a second time. While refreshing.
Moving forward or backward is one of the main reasons for this issue. We can restrict this by disabling the motion buttons for the browser to avoid this. This problem can be easily avoided in the touch-screen devices, by disabling the sliding option for moving forward or backward. After disabling the option, if you move backward or forward accidently, this dialogue pop up will not appear.
Solution 6: Clear Google Chrome Browsing Data
Always keep in mind that you clear out all the browsing data from time to time. You must check that you select all the options such as Browsing history, cookies, passwords, cached data, media licenses, etc. Use the browser again after clearing the browsing data and check whether the error remains or not.
The main logic behind all this is that the browser stores the information filled and creates duplicates data. Clearing the browsing history removes duplicates. This will let your browser forget all the data remembered until then. To clear the browsing data to follow these steps below:
Step 1: Double click on the Google Chrome browser and open it. Now, click on the three dots present at the top right corner of your browser.
Step 2: From the menu bar, select More Tools, and the chose Clear Browsing Data.
Step 3: Now, go to the Advanced Tab and choose the data you want to remove.
Step 4: At last, press on the Clear Data option below and you are done.
Solution 7: Reset Chrome Browser Settings
This problem can also be fixed by resetting your Chrome Browser Settings. Sometimes, the browser may construct in an opposite way that might create an error. So, resetting the browser may be a good option. To reset the browser, the steps are :
Step 1: Open the Chrome Browser and click on the three dots on the top right corner. A menu box will open also called Control Menu.
Step 2: After this, from the menu select Settings.
Step 3: Click on the Show Advanced Settings tab by scrolling down until the end.
Step 4: At the end of the page, find Restore settings to their original defaults and click on it.
Step 5: Now, click on the Reset Settings Option.
You are all set now, carry out without any issue.
Solution 8: Use the PRG Pattern
The full form of PRG is POST/Redirect/Get pattern. P-Post part of the PRG pattern implements the forms on the web pages. This points to the Confirm Form Resubmission error. So, we should apply the PRG pattern entirely.
Design any page that needs a from in it, in such a way that it does not post the data straight to the server. In place of it, add a page in between that page and the real page after it. This will enable you to post the form data to that particular page. Before sending it to the server, do the necessary data processing on that page. The user will only see the first page as the action field of the form is the first page.
This means that the browser would only remember to GET in place of POST. After this, you won’t be facing a Confirm Form Resubmission pop up on refreshing the page unknowingly.
Solution 9: Add A Tag Inside <head> Part
This method will work only on one condition. It happens only when the website itself starts the request, and the user has refreshed the page. If you have any access to the source code of the web page, add the following tag to the <head> section of the page. Replace the attributes of the <head> tag on the web page you are testing on. The attributes are :
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60; write_the_url_of_the_page_to_be_tested_over_here.html"/>
Solution 10: Delete No-Store From the Header
To solve the Confirm Form Resubmission error using this method, all you need to do is to use the form within the Header.
header(‘Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0’);
The actual error might be in the header. To fix this, follow the steps below:
Step 1: From the header section delete (‘no-store’).
Step 2: After this, within the form, refresh your page.
Step 3: At last, after re-entering the form, refresh the page and check whether the problem is fixed or not.
Conclusion
The methods mentioned above were some solutions to your problem “Confirm Form Resubmission”. After using them, you will quickly get rid of this error and won’t face it again, hopefully. This is not a permanent solution to your problem. You need to do it again if the problem re-occurs.