How To Fix Gmail Error 500

Gmail Temporary Error 500 is the most common error which comes during Gmail login access time. The Error 500 indicates an Internet Server Error and this type of problem occurs when the mail server encounters an unexpected condition which disallows the user(s) to access their Gmail account.

Gmail Temporary 500 Error comes due to many reasons but most of the time the issue surfaces due to the following reasons:

a) The Problem Occurs with All Gmail Accounts: Login to a friend’s Gmail account with their permission on the same computer you used for accessing your Gmail account and see if the issue surfaces at that time too.

b) Server Issue Only Takes Place on Your System: You can check by logging in your account on different computer with different network and see if the problem still persists.

If you have tried the suggested method and are still not getting over the issue, check the other possible workarounds to sort out Gmail Temporary 500 error, like mentioned below:

1. Browser Caching Issue
2. Gmail Server Issue
3. Internet Security Issue like Antivirus, firewall

1. Browser Caching Issue:

The browser caching is temporary storage location in system which stores data of recently visited site URLs and every time it shows the same result of URL. Therefore, our attempt at resolving a Gmail login issue should be to clear it from the web browser.

Solution

If you are working on Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome use shortcut key:
CTRL+SHIFT+DEL it will show option to select cache to delete cache URL.

2. Gmail Server Issue:

Gmail server has several data centers around the world where they mirror the database of particular user profiles. This is done so that, when one data center goes under maintenance or is shut down for some purpose, other one immediately takes over and ensures continuity of connection to accounts is not lost. However, at times the data centers are overloaded with requests, and thus server fails to respond leading to server issues reflecting in different parts of the world.

Note: In This condition you couldn’t do anything you have to wait for server response

3. Internet Security applications like Antivirus, Firewall

Make sure your internet security applications are working properly with Gmail because, different antiviruses have different settings for the firewall and you can check the following settings:

a) Privacy /Firewall/Allowed site: Ensure that you have added mail.google.com/mail to the list of sites that are allowed.

b) Internet Security Toolbar:It can disable all internet security toolbars that you may have installed on your system for security purpose.

c) Cookies Control – Cookie control is a button to managing site cookies permission on and off browsing cookies and removing cookies.

If none of the methods mentioned above prove to be helpful, immediately visit Gmail Support Center to look for an answer.