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title: "What is a 404 error?"  
description: "What is a 404 error?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2020-12-07  
updated: 2020-12-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156273/what-is-a-404-error  
category: "web development"  
tags: ["web development", "error reporting", "error"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is a 404 error?

What is a **404 [error](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/88527/fixing-quickbooks-error-4120-reinstalling-vs-repairing)**?

## Replies

### Reply by Krishnapriya Rajeev

A 404 error is an HTTP status code that indicates that the requested resource or webpage could not be found on the server, that is, the resource, or the page, does not seem to exist on the server.

The following can cause this error:

- Typing in the wrong URL
- Clicking on abroken link
- When a page gets deleted or moved without a proper redirect.
- Server problems or access restrictions.
- Issues with updates or settings if the website uses a CMS.

A 404 error is typically displayed as a message on the web page, indicating that the requested page or resource is not available. The 404 error is also commonly referred to as 404 Not Found, HTTP 404 error, or 404 page.

### Reply by Anshu Dwivedi

The 404 error and The HTTP 404, 404 Not Found, 404, 404 Error, Page Not Found, File Not Found, or Server Not Found error message is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) standard response code, in computer network communications, to indicate that the browser was able to communicate with a given server, but the server could not find what.


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