Greenshot Imgur error 403

It was very comfortable to use Greenshot for asking questions on SE since it could upload to imgur, which is the same hosting, used with SE.

Unfortunately, it started to respond with error 403 Forbidden on upload.

Is it possible to fix?

UPDATE

Tried to capture access to URL and found response:

<error>
<message>API limits exceeded</message>
<request>//2/upload.xml</request>
<method>get</method>
<format>xml</format>
<parameters/>
</error>

UPDATE 2

I found that I still can use Greenshot from notebook. Notebook is behind the same NAT, so blocking issues are unprobable.

1 Answer

When using anonymous access to Imgur, you're affected by the global API limit for Greenshot. Which is usually depleted due to the large amount of Greenshot users.

You have to use an Imgur account with your own credentials to make the plugin work again.

1. Go to and create an account.

2. Open the Imgur setting for the Greenshot plugin from the Greenshot application context menu of the icon in the notification area:

3. Disable anonymous access:

4. You will now be guided through the OAuth2 process and your Imgur account will be used for future uploads.