ChatGPT: 11 Ways to Fix "Too Many Requests in 1 Hour" Error

Learn how to fix or circumvent ChatGPT's rate limit error

Co-authored by Hannah Dillon Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: April 28, 2024 Fact Checked

Have you gotten the "Too many requests in 1 hour. Try again later." error on ChatGPT? This can be an annoying error, especially if you haven't submitted many prompts to ChatGPT before getting the error. Unfortunately, there's no concrete information on how many requests you can submit to ChatGPT per hour, but anecdotally, users have found that the limit is 50 to 70 requests. In this article, we'll go over 11 ways you can fix or get around this ChatGPT error, so keep reading to learn more.

Things You Should Know

You may have to wait before you can use ChatGPT again, especially if you're trying to use the service during peak hours of 1 to 4 p.m.
Subscribing to ChatGPT Plus may help as Plus users get general access to ChatGPT even during peak hours.
You may want to try changing your IP address, either by using a VPN or proxy or by resetting your IP address completely.

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Wait for an Hour

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While it's not always ideal, anecdotally, users have found that if you wait a bit before trying to use ChatGPT again, it will start working again. You may want to wait until ChatGPT's peak hours have passed. Peak hours are from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Subscribe to ChatGPT Plus

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Subscribe to ChatGPT Plus for priority access. ChatGPT Plus users get general access to ChatGPT during peak times and have faster response times. If you're consistently hitting a request limit, you might want to consider subscribing to ChatGPT Plus. ^{[1]
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- ChatGPT Plus is available for $20 per month.

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Refresh the Page

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Simply press the refresh button on your web browser (near the top of the screen on most browsers, or at the bottom of the screen on mobile devices) to refresh the page and clear out any old or bad data that could interfere with the site.

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Check ChatGPT Server Status

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Check the OpenAI server status page for errors. OpenAI has a server status page showing how each system is doing. If ChatGPT keeps giving you a request error, you might want to check and see if ChatGPT is having server issues.
- Any tickmark color under ChatGPT that isn't bright green indicates a problem. You can hover the tickmark to see what the issue was and when it happened.

5

Use Simpler Prompts

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If you're trying to ask ChatGPT a lot of complicated questions, it will take more resources to provide answers to those questions. Asking simpler prompts may help get you an answer more reliably, especially if it's during ChatGPT peak hours.

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Create clear prompts for chatGPT. ChatGPT might stop mid-sentence due to temporary server overload from high traffic, or your request requires extra analysis. Try again after a few moments, preferably with a clearer prompt. ChatGPT is constantly learning, and these pauses are becoming less frequent.

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Wait Between Prompts

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If you ask too many prompts in quick succession, ChatGPT may give you this error as a warning to slow down. ChatGPT is used by over 13 million unique users every day, and the server might have issues keeping up if you ask questions rapidly. ^{[2]
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Use Another ChatGPT Account

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If you have a second ChatGPT account, you can try logging in to that one to see if it can get through. If you can still prompt ChatGPT, consider asking short and simple prompts and waiting between questions to avoid getting another rate limit error.

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Clear Browser Cache

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Clear out old or corrupt browser data. Your browser keeps a cache of data to help it run more smoothly, but sometimes, this cache becomes corrupt and can cause issues with certain websites. Clearing the cache can help fix any technical glitches causing ChatGPT to give you a rate limit error. Note that clearing your browser data will sign you out of most websites.
- Chrome : Click the three-line menu in the upper-right corner. Select More tools and Clear browsing data . Select a time range and make sure Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files are checked. Click Clear data to clear the data.
- Firefox : Click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner. Select History and Clear recent history… . Select a time range and make sure Cookies and Cache are checked. Click Clear Now to clear the data.
- Opera : Click the Opera logo in the upper-left corner. Select History and Clear browsing data . Select a time range and make sure Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files are checked. Click Clear data to clear the data.
- Microsoft Edge : Click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner. Select History . In the window that pops up, click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner. Select Clear browsing data . Select a time range and make sure Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files are checked. Click Clear Now to clear the data.
- Safari : Click Safari in the upper-left corner and click Settings . Under the Privacy tab click Manage Website Data… and click Remove All . Then go back to the Safari menu, and select Clear History… . Select All History and then click the Clear History button.