# Weird formatting error

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264 "2019-04-02T19:44:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/1 "2019-04-02T19:44:32Z")

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Hey all,

Three of my sites now exhibit a strange problem when hitting the cog and navigating to:

`/u/myusername/preferences/account`

The following happens in Chrome 73 but not Firefox, nor Edge (which are fine):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5a6111e9407bbb97af53e83977ad9276a844cd65.png)

I’ve removed all theme-ing but still it persists …

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### Author: ![Corsterix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/corsterix/32/135849_2.png) [@Corsterix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Corsterix)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/2 "2019-04-02T19:52:43Z")

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Open the Chrome developer tools, click on network tab, ensure disable cache is checked and then hold down your mouse button over the reload icon and select “Empty Cache and Hard Reload”.

Still broken? Any errors reported in red in the console?

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/3 "2019-04-02T19:55:02Z")

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Boom, no errors, but that fixed it, thanks!

(And 🤦‍♂️ you think I’d have at least tried clearing the cache before posting here, doh! I guess what was confusing about this was that it was happening _across sites_, so clearing the cache was not my initial instinct. But new Chrome trick learnt as a result, so not so bad!)

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### Author: ![Corsterix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/corsterix/32/135849_2.png) [@Corsterix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Corsterix)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/4 "2019-04-02T19:55:34Z")

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Looks like a cache issue then, no problem, you’re welcome.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/5 "2019-04-02T19:56:05Z")

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Good trick, thanks Tom!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264/6 "2019-05-02T19:56:08Z")

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