If you are filling out a form online and the form includes a custom response that you enter directly in the browser, it would be a good idea to copy and save it before submitting the form. This is because if the form isn’t submitted for any reason, the data you entered could be lost.
Some forms save the information entered by the user, while others don’t.
Google Chrome has built-in a “Confirm form resubmission” popup to prevent accidentally duplicating POST actions when filling out forms. Filling out the same information twice or submitting something more than once can be quite a hassle.
For example, you’ve paid for purchases online. If you refresh the page, your card may be charged twice if the error doesn’t pop up. So, you can call it a pop-up or an error, but it only appears for your good.
However, if you want to get rid of this error message, here’s what you can do.
Why does the ‘confirm form resubmission’ dialog appear
It’s definitely not an error or virus, as stated earlier, it’s a browser feature that prevents you from submitting the same form twice. Let’s look at a few reasons why you might get this error:
- You clicked the “Back” button when filling out the online form.
- There was some form on the web page that was refreshed.
- Poor Internet connection.
How to fix ‘confirm form resubmission’ on refresh
The “Confirm form resubmission” error means that when you submitted the form, the information was not sent to the server to which it should have been sent.
In some cases, the “Confirm form resubmission” error can be fixed by the user, but in other cases, it may be a problem with the site and you will have to contact the website admins.
So, if you want to fix this error, you can try the methods below.
Check browser session
One of the causes of the “Confirm form resubmission” error message may be your browser session. The message can appear in any browser with a slightly different language, but make sure that:
- You aren’t using the incognito view window.
- You don’t have any applications or extensions installed that can interrupt your session, such as a VPN, network traffic monitor, proxy, user agent switch, etc.
- You don’t manually refresh the form after you click the submit/send button.
Clear browser data and resubmit
The “Confirm form resubmission” problem may be due to a high load on the server when too many forms are submitted at the same time as your submission.
You can try waiting until the server is overloaded, but in the meantime, clear your browser data and try submitting the form again.
If you want to clear your browser data in Chrome, you have to follow these steps:
- First of all, open your Chrome web browser.
- Then, click on the “three dots” icon in the top right corner of the screen and select “Settings”.
- Now, go to the “Privacy and Security” section and click on the “Clear browsing data”.
- Then, select “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files”.
- Finally, click on the “Clear data” button.
Once you have completed these steps, you will clear your Chrome browser data.
Disable browser extensions
Browser extensions can interfere with your browser session and form submission. If you think the form or submission site is okay, disable any installed extensions and try again. Follow these steps to do so:
- At first, open your Chrome web browser.
- Then, click on the “three dots” icon in the top right corner of the screen and select “More tools”.
- After that, select “Extensions”.
- Finally, just turn off each extension.
Once you have completed these steps, you will disable each extension in your Chrome browser.
How to fix ‘confirm form resubmission’ for website admins
These fixes apply if you can edit the form code. The “Confirm form resubmission” error appears in one of two cases, assuming your server isn’t experiencing problems.
PHP forms can send data in one of two ways: POST or GET. If you use the POST method, you will encounter the “Confirm form resubmission” error, whereas this won’t happen if you use the GET method.
This means that there’s a problem with the way the POST command was added to the form, or the user is updating the form before submitting it. The POST method should only be used when necessary, for example for password reset fields, not for normal form fields.
Browsers can use their own form validation. This is usually a feature, but you can make the page ignore browser validation. You can use an AJAX form to do this. You can still use POST if you don’t want to go to GET.
