“Rats! WebGL Hit A Snag” error may occur in Google Chrome while accessing a few sites such as Facebook, Youtube or any other site. Besides, this error also happens while watching 360 Degree Videos on Facebook or while watching High-Quality or 3D Videos on YouTube or while browsing through Google Maps, or while playing high graphics online games.
This error appears if the WebGL content is not compatible with the browser or if there is an error in it.
Rats! WebGL hit a snag
Let me explain first What is WebGL hit a snag mean?
Web Graphics Library (WebGL) is a JavaScript API used for rendering interactive 3D and 2D graphics in any Google Chrome without the use of plug-ins. Moreover, WebGL is integrated into all the web standards of the browser enabling GPU accelerated usage of physics and image processing as part of the web page canvas.
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How To Fix “Rats! WebGL hit a snag” error in Google Chrome
“Rats! WebGL hit a snag” is a graphic render error that appears in the Google Chrome browser. Moreover, when this error message happens, the same error message keeps appearing every time your browser tries to make use of WebGL. To get rid of WebGL hit a snag error, follow the simple solutions given below.
FIX 1. Enable Use Hardware Acceleration When Available
WebGL Error can be solved by enabling the option of hardware acceleration when available. To do that, follow these steps below:
1. Fire up Chrome browser.
2. Click the menu icon, and then click “Settings” Or, in the URL section, you can type “chrome://settings” and press Enter.
3. When the Chrome Settings tab opens, scroll down to the bottom and click “Advanced.”
4. Scroll down a bit further, find and tick mark “Use Hardware Acceleration When Available“.
5. Now close and re-launch Chrome browser and it will solve your WebGL problem.
FIX 2. Resetting the Enabled Flags in Google Chrome
You can fix this error by resetting the enabled flags in Google Chrome. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Open the Google Chrome browser.
2. In the URL section, type “chrome://flags” and then press Enter. This will open a new page with all the available Chrome flags.
3. Find the option “Reset All To Default” beside the search bar and click on it.
In order to disable WebGL content in Chrome, you simply look for the option that reads WebGL Draft Extensions and then disable it.
4. Lastly, close and re-launch Chrome browser for the changes to take effect.
After restarting Chrome browser, try loading the website again. If the error is solved with this way, any website with WebGL content will load without showing any problems.
FIX 3. Clear Cache and Cookies from Google Chrome
If the above method does not work for you, then you can fix this error by clearing cache and cookies from Google Chrome. To do that, follow these steps below:
1. Launch the Google Chrome browser.
2. Go to the top right corner, click the Menu icon and select Settings.
3. Scroll down and click “Advanced“.
4. Navigate to Privacy section and click “Clear browsing data” button.
5. Set Time range to All time and tick all options. Click Clear data button.
FIX 4. Update your Google Chrome
If your Google Chrome browser has not been updated for a long time, then the error is happening due to the browser being incompatible with WebGL content. So we would recommend you update the Chrome browser to the latest version can solve the problem.
1. Launch the Google Chrome browser
2. In Chrome, click Menu (three dots) > Help > About Google Chrome. Or, you can type “chrome://settings/help” in the URL section and press Enter.
3. Once the About Google Chrome page opens, Chrome will check for any updates and immediately download them.
If Chrome has already downloaded and is waiting to install an update, the menu icon will change to an up arrow and take on one of three colors, depending on how long the update has been available:
- Green: An update has been available for 2 days.
- Orange: An update has been available for 4 days.
- Red: An update has been available for 7 days.
4. After the update has installed, click “Relaunch” to finish the update process.
5. Finally, re-launch the browser and try loading the website again.
Note: If you don’t see the Update Google Chrome option, then you already have the latest version.
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