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Unable to log out of Twitter. I get '403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.'

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crl206
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When I try to log out of Twitter I get the error message below.

403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.

Seems to have come about since I last updated Firefox... I think...

When I try to log out of Twitter I get the error message below. 403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Seems to have come about since I last updated Firefox... I think...

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You can manually log out of Twitter by deleting cookies from twitter. Click on "Firefox" in the top-left, then chose "Options". Click on the "Privacy" tab and click on "remove individual cookies". In the list, scroll down to twitter.com and click "Remove Cookies" I hope this helps. As for the 403 error, this is usually caused by a typo in the address bar, or with outage on the Twitter servers.

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You can manually log out of Twitter by deleting cookies from twitter. Click on "Firefox" in the top-left, then chose "Options". Click on the "Privacy" tab and click on "remove individual cookies". In the list, scroll down to twitter.com and click "Remove Cookies" I hope this helps. As for the 403 error, this is usually caused by a typo in the address bar, or with outage on the Twitter servers.

cor-el
cor-el
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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
crl206
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Thanks for the replies :o) Removing the Twitter cookie seems to have done the trick (fingers crossed it will stay that way). I didn't know there was a way of removing individual cookies until now. Thanks again!