Discord is the easiest way to talk over voice, video, and text. Talk, chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.
However, Lot of users getting error “looks like discord has crashed unexpectedly”.
Are are also getting same error “looks like discord has crashed unexpectedly”.
The full error is “Well, this is awkward” followed by “looks like discord has crashed unexpectedly“.
Second part of the error is “We have tracked the error and will get right on it“.
In this guide, we will discuss why looks like discord has crashed unexpectedly and how to fix it.
Why Does “Well This Is Awkward” Error Occurred On Discord?”
“Well This is Awkward” error occurred because there is bug/ glitch in Discord.
Discord team aware of the issue and working to resolve this.
Lot of users posted on various forums:
Recently, every time I start up Discord, I get the error:
“Well This is Awkward. Looks like Discord has crashed unexpectedly… We’ve tracked the error and will get right on it.”Things I’ve tried (to no avail):
- Restarting PC
- Reinstalling Discord
- Deleting AppData/Local/Discord
- Disabling anti-virus
Any advice would be appreciated!?
“Sadly this started happening to me this evening… and that fix won’t work, as I’m running Discord in Firefox on Mac OSX. Been running great until tonight, not sure what has changed.”
“Everytime I interact with anything the app crashes saying there’s been an error and y’all aren’t fixing it. when I even join a call I can’t enter the app because it’s crashing like crazy! so fix this or I’ll never use discord again”
How To Fix “Well This Is Awkward” On Discord?
To Fix “Well This is Awkward” on Discord, Clear the Discord cache and update Discord to latest version.
For PC users, Delete 2 folders “%AppData%/Discord” and “%LocalAppData%/Discord”.
To find those folders,
- hit the Start button + R, and enter
- %appdata% in the run window and hit enter
- Then %localappdata% in the run window and hit enter
- Then find the “Discord” folder in both of those windows, and delete it.
Before that make sure Close Discord in the system tray and make sure all Discord processes are terminated.
For Mobile users, Clear your Discord app cache by going through settings.
After that update Discord to latest version if available.
If your OS tells you that the file cannot be deleted because it’s still in use. Open up the Task Manager and terminate all instances of Discord there and in the start up tab.
- Restart your system.
- Reinstall via https://discordapp.com/api/download?platform=win
If still getting “Well This is Awkward” error then wait for sometime till the issue is fixed by Discord team.
You can also connect with Discord support team: https://support.discord.com/.
You can also tag Discord handle @Discord on Twitter.
