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Drane21
May 16, 2026Copper Contributor
Data from a web page - error is "Access to the resource is forbidden."
Details: "Access to the resource is forbidden.", can anyone let me know how to resolve this error
seunaiconsulting26
May 16, 2026Copper Contributor
403 “forbidden” is the website rejecting the request, not Excel itself. Try these in order:
1. Clear saved credentials: Data → Get Data → Data Source Settings, find the URL, Edit/Clear Permissions, then refresh and re-enter.
2. Try a different auth kind when prompted — Anonymous for public sites, Basic/Web API/Organizational for protected ones.
3. Open the URL in a browser. If it loads there but not in Power Query, the site is blocking non-browser requests (Cloudflare, bot filtering, etc.) and there’s no workaround from Excel — you’d need an API.
4. Check for a login wall. Power Query can’t handle interactive sign-ins.
If you share the URL, we can tell you which one it is.