How to fix ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED in Google Chrome (iOS)

Maybe restarting the device is all you need to do, in order to have this issue fixed. By restarting the device, you will restart all the apps and background processes, including the one which may have caused this issue in the first place.

Turn your device off, and turn it back on.

You are able to connect to the Internet thanks to the router (in some cases through the modem). If the router isn't connected to the ISP (Internet Service Provider) correctly, or the connection is unstable, you won't be able to open websites, and errors can occur.

Restarting the router will help you fix this Google Chrome error and access the website you wanted to. To restart the router, unplug it from the power strip, and plug it back in after 2 minutes.

If the IP address is your online ID card, think of the DNS as your driver's license. You won't be able to drive a car without a valid, and not expired driver's license.

If you get the ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error message on every website you visit, it is possible that the DNS is the issue. In this case, you need to "flush" the DNS, i.e. remove the bad DNS, and make way for valid and up-to-date, in order to fix this issue.

If you are not sure how to flush the DNS, feel free to consult the don't know how to flush the DNS guide.

Enabling and disabling the airplane mode may be helpful, to fix the ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error. The airplane mode shuts down, i.e. restarts your device's Internet components (Wi-Fi and mobile data modules), one of which might have caused this error.

Activating the airplane mode is quite easy, you need to swipe up or down to access the control center (depends on the smartphone or tablet you are using) and tap on the airplane icon.

If you are not sure how to disable the airplane mode, feel free to check the how to enable/disable the Airplane Mode guide.

Maybe an issue on the ISP's end (or the operator's end, if you rely on mobile data) is one of the causes for ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED issue. Maybe they were doing a scheduled maintenance in your area, or there is a recent malfunction for which they aren't aware yet, or they made DNS-related changes on their servers.

What you can do in this case is to let them know about this, and they will guide you on how to resolve it. If the issue was on their end, they will address it.

When you read a book, you use bookmarks so that you can continue where you left off. It's similar with all the programs installed in our computers. Web browsers, instead of reloading the website all over again, and removing your preferences (e.g. your login details, and ask you to log in all over again), they rely on cookies and cached data, where your interactions with the website, as well as website elements are stored. If one of those elements gets corrupt over time, as website owners tend to make changes on the website, cookies and cached data can become corrupt.

Maybe the browser's cookies and cache, are the reason for this error message. Try clearing them, which will remove all the old cookies and cached data, and replace them with fresh ones.

To learn how to clear the browser's cookies and cache, check out the how to clear the cache guide, and how to clear cookies guide.