However, it can look different on various websites: you can see an “HTTP 403 error“, “403 Forbidden“, or “Forbidden: You don’t have permission to access this directory on this server “, etc.

You can try a few different troubleshooting tricks to get around a 403 error on a website. zodchiy/Getty Images A 403 error occurs when a server won't allow you to ...

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