localhost blocked on Chrome with "Privacy Error"

Question

Google Chrome is blocking localhost.

I'm using XAMPP with Apache localhost, ports 80 and 443. Google Chrome is up to date.

I'm getting the following error:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from localhost (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

score 138 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '16 at 19:52

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Try this:

In Chrome, put in chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost in the address bar.

Enable the option that says "Allow invalid certificates for resources loaded from localhost".

Restart Chrome, and it should allow the site.

answered Feb 22 '16 at 19:52

Kyle Erickson

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Would there be any downsides to this? Any actual issues with allowing insecure from localhost? – Andrew May 02 '17 at 18:01
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I can't see why, seeing as localhost is just your local machine. – Kyle Erickson Jul 11 '17 at 14:36
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Not working for me on Chrome 62.0.3202.94, even if the flag is there it seems to not have any effect. – DrLightman Dec 05 '17 at 11:23
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Worked for me after changing hostnames from *.dev to *.local. Tested on Apache Windows 10. – Tom Shaw Dec 15 '17 at 10:44
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@TomShaw Can confirm, I changed my example.dev to example.io and it started to work – black_yurizan Dec 20 '17 at 00:03
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This solution didn't work for me but the solution below about not using .dev worked! FYI. Try both. – Christia Aug 15 '18 at 19:22

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 15:11

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From Chrome version 63, it will redirect all .dev extension to domain https So try another extension to another, ex .test, .local... You can refer here: https://docs.serverpress.com/article/234-your-connection-is-not-private-google-chrome

answered Mar 09 '18 at 15:11

van le

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This *exactly* solved my problem. Was using .dev domain, changed that to .git and it worked flawlessly. – TheTechGuy Apr 10 '18 at 10:13
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This was my issue as well, using the .dev domain, changed it to .local and worked fine – Nathan May 03 '18 at 09:19

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '21 at 06:58

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Try typing in your are blocked page thisisunsafe. Simple type this word on keyboard. I found solution from this https://medium.com/@dblazeski/chrome-bypass-net-err-cert-invalid-for-development-daefae43eb12

answered Jan 22 '21 at 06:58

Andrey Patseiko

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 22:55

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It worked for me just by changing " .dev" to ".local" I'm using windows 10

answered Mar 18 '19 at 22:55

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 06 '19 at 18:55

your connection is not private for virtual host in XAMPP

I've faced the same problem, Now It has been solved it.

don't use '.dev' for your local domains - the new chrome (version 63) redirects all .dev -Domains to 'https://name.dev'

Try to rename your local domains to something like '.test' and 'phpmyadmin.test' or whatever

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 31 '17 at 09:09

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I had the same problem.

Kyle Erickson's answer didn't work for me.
I changed the host name and it was ok. You can also use the ip directly.

answered Dec 31 '17 at 09:09

Hike Nalbandyan

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score -6 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 17 '18 at 04:49

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Reset your browser.Remove cache and cookies from your browser.Try now your website. It should work. Still doesn't work let us know in comments below.

answered Feb 17 '18 at 04:49

user9182333

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should be in comment. – Rumit Patel Feb 17 '18 at 05:27

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