While you are enjoying your crypto trading journey, there might come a situation when you get annoyed and you do not find a way out of a specific problem. But, despite being hopeless, you should try to get rid of the issue immediately.

While working with the MetaMask extension, there may come a situation when you face troubles while using it. The most annoying situation is the one when you are not able to open the MetaMask extension and it crashes every now and then.

So, in that case, what you can do is read this article till the last and you'll definitely come out victorious.

Shedding some light on the probable causes

As we know, the extension can be used on different browsers including Chrome, Opera, Edge, Firefox, and Brave, this issue might take place with any one of them.

So, if you are wondering if you are the only one who is facing this issue, then you need to understand that this is not the case. The issue might take place in any web browser. Speaking about the major causes, we are listing here a few of them:

• If your MetaMask app is outdated
• When you have not installed the extension on a compatible web browser version
• A similar extension is conflicting with it
• There is no or weak internet connectivity on your device
• The browser you are using is outdated

Ways to fix the issue 

Among several ways to come out of this situation, you can try these tested solutions to get rid of this error whenever it troubles you in the future. So, here are some of them:

• First of all, what you need to do is re-install the MetaMask extension or install its update
• In addition to this, you can also check if your device is receiving good internet connectivity or not- if not, fix the issue immediately
• In addition to that, you can also check whether you are using the extension on a compatible browser version or not
• If your web browser requires an update, please install the update immediately

Conclusion:

Well, if your MetaMask extension is not opening or is crashing, again and again, this is not a serious issue and the problem can be resolved within a few minutes. All you need to do is refer to the instructional guidelines that we have provided above and you'll be able to use MetaMask once again.