Therefore, let us get into the real stuff and start by mentioning the causes of the error message and then providing the solutions afterward.
What causes Microsoft Edge to give ‘Can’t Connect Securely to this Page’ Error Message?
When a browser tries to connect to an HTTPS website, it relies on the TLS handshakes between the browser and the server. HTTPS (Secured hypertext transfer protocol), as opposed to HTTP, is a secure form of communication between the web server and the browser since all the data that flows through it is encrypted and can’t be read by someone else. Let’s go through the causes of this error coming in Microsoft Edge. To resolve your issue, please go through the solutions given down below.
Solution 1: Accept old TLS encryption settings (1.0, 1.1 and 1.2)
The first workaround is that you have to accept the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 encryption settings in your Windows. It is also possible that the website you are trying to access uses the TLS 1.2 encryption and you don’t have it enabled in your Windows. Therefore, what you need to do is to check the TLS 1.2 in your Internet Options settings in Windows. Doing that is very simple.
Solution 2: Enable Display Mixed Content in Internet Security Settings
Now another thing you can do is to enable the display of mixed content “HTTP along with HTTPS” in the Windows Internet Security Settings. As we have mentioned earlier, websites using HTTPS and having HTTP content in it too will have problems in working as the two are very different ways of communication. Thus, if you are visiting websites that use HTTP along with HTTPS, you have to enable the display mixed content option, otherwise, they won’t load properly. To do that, follow the given steps: Hopefully, after doing that, you will be able to visit HTTPS websites again in Microsoft Edge.
Solution 3: Resetting Browser Data and Cache
If none of the above methods work, it probably means that there is corrupt/unwanted data present in your browser which is conflicting with its operations. This is a very common problem with Microsoft Edge for quite some time and is usually resolved after clearing the data in it. Do note that this method will erase all of your history, bookmarks, and other preferences stored in your browser so make sure that you back them up before proceeding.
Solution 4: Changing DNS Address
DNS (Domain Name System) is one of the most important components in communicating over the internet. They resolve the name addresses into IP addresses and then forward the request. DNS addresses are usually set to default which is connected to the address which is set to your ISP’s default address. You should change your DNS address to Google’s address and then check if the error message still appears. If it doesn’t occur again, you can keep using Google’s DNS. It is just as fast as the normal servers and has almost 100% up-time.
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