Apex Legends players are experiencing the error code 23. They are unable to connect to the game servers. Today, we have posted a guide on how to fix the Apex Legends error code 23. Read more details below.
Update: The game developers are actively investigating issues preventing players from connecting to online services in multiple game titles. Stay tuned for updates.
What is Apex Legends error code 23?
This is the most common error faced by the users of APEX LEGENDS. Error code 23 pops up on your screen while launching the game. It shows a message on your system that ‘GAME CLIENT ENCOUNTERED AN APPLICATION ERROR’. This error is mostly reported by users who have windows 10 installed on their system. There are multiple reasons behind this error.
Why I am getting error code 23 in Apex Legends?
- INEFFICIENT OR OUTDATED GPU DRIVERS.
APEX LEGENDS is a graphic oriented game and requires good specifications of GPU. If your GPU is outdated you will not be able to play the game. This will become the cause of error 23 and you will face it again and again if you try to open game with outdated GPU.
CLASHING WITH 3RD PARTY APPLICATIONS.
Many players have reported that this game requires a clean background to play efficiently. If you are using any 3rd party programs with this game, it will clash with them and gets impossible to play.
%TEMP% FILES.
We have many programs installed on our system that creates temporary files and with time it creates a big dump of these files in your system. This affect the performance of the game very badly and also makes the game unstable by interfering with the game files. This will also occupy the space on your system and you will face the error code 23 when you launch the game.
MISSING OR CORRUPTED FILES.
While installing the game we usually miss some files or download the game from an untrusted source that has many corrupted files and ultimately it becomes the reason for error code 23.
So these are the major reasons for the ‘No Servers Found’ error. We will now discuss how to fix this error code.
How to fix error code 23 in Apex Legends?
- UPDATE YOUR GPU DRIVERS
The main reason behind error code 23 is outdated GPU drivers. Whenever you try to launch the game on outdated GPU driver you will definitely face the error code 23.
To encounter this error you have to update your GPU drivers so that you can play the game seamlessly . Following steps will help you to do this.
Firstly you have to open device manager by pressing WINDOWS+R key and type ‘devmdmt.msc’.
After opening the device manager, find DISPLAY ADAPTORS option, then click on down arrow to expand the option list.
Then right click on GPU manager that you want to update.
After this start searching for latest updates and install the latest version of GPU on your system.
After installing the latest version, reboot your system and try to launch the game. - PERFORM COMPLETE BOOT
Many gamers have reported that 3rd party programs interfere with the game and makes it impossible to play. But to be honest it is really difficult to find out which program is messing with the game.
So you have to perform a complete boot and forbid every 3rd party program to launch automatically after boot. This will help you to play the game by fixing error code 23. - REMOVING %TEMP% FILES
Temporary files can badly affect the game and creates a conflict with the game files making it unstable and impossible to play. There are many applications that create temporary files on your system. If you can do it manually that’s well and good but if you need some applications I will list some of them, RESTORO, CHLEANMYPC, CCLEANER, BLEACHBIT ETC. These will help you to clean %temp% files from your system. Once your remove the %temp% files try to launch the game and you will see your error is fixed.
If you are facing the same issue after trying the above fixes, then you can try to repair your game or re-installing the game. This will fix if there is any missing or corrupted file which can also cause this error.
