# Getting broken icon symbols all over the page now

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646>\
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**Created:** [December 16, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646 "2017-12-16T15:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/1 "2017-12-16T15:52:05Z")

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I get lots of broken Icon symbols now all over the page. Anyone else?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/2 "2017-12-16T15:55:03Z")

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Not me, so far. I’m on an iPad.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/3 "2017-12-16T17:52:43Z")

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No. Running Edge on a Win machine.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/4 "2017-12-16T18:04:12Z")

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I did, but it is gone now. I don’t what I did. I do turn everything off when I am not online. So it might have restarted, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/5 "2017-12-17T16:51:39Z")

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FYI Clearing my cache seems to have fixed this.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/6 "2017-12-17T19:16:41Z")

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That was happening to me on my work computer and yes, clearing the cache corrected it.

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**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-broken-icon-symbols-all-over-the-page-now/804646/7 "2017-12-18T03:13:39Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> FYI Clearing my cache seems to have fixed this.

That worked for me too. Thanks!