How to get a browser console log
Sometimes it is really helpful for our support team to have a look at the browser console log. The console is a logbook of everything that happens on a website - starting at the load of the current page. Follow the following guide to gather your browser console log if our support team asks for it.
Chrome
- Press F12 or right-click on a page and click Inspect
- select Console
- make sure that Preserve Log checkbox is ticked (if you don't see Preserve Log checkbox, click on the cog icon on the right)
- reload the page (it should fill with log entries)
- right-click anywhere in the console → Save As... → choose the location to save the file
- Attach the file to the service ticket.
Firefox
- Press F12 or right-click on a page and click Inspect Element
- select Console
- activate Persist Logs checkbox
- make sure that all tags are selected (Errors, Warnings, XHR, etc) and reload the page (it should fill with log entries)
- right-click anywhere in the console → Select all → copy the selected content → paste it into a text file
- Attach the file to the service ticket.
Edge
- Press F12 or right-click on a page and click Inspect Element
- select Console
- make sure that Preserve Log checkbox is ticked
- select All section → reload the page
- Right-click at any place in the console content and choose “Save as…” → choose the location to save the file
- Attach the file to the service ticket.
Safari
- Press F12 or right-click on a page and click Inspect Element
- select Console
- make sure that Preserve Log checkbox is ticked
- select All and reload the page (it fill with log entries)
- click on any entry in the Console log and copy everything (use CMD+A shortcut)
- paste the content into a text file and send it to the Support team.