Django Server Error: port is already in use

Question

Restarting the Django server displays the following error:

this port is already running....

This problem occurs specifically on Ubuntu and

Answer 1

In case You are using the VSC's screen terminal, The error might be due to the fact that you already runserver in some other shell.

Just click on the dropbox on the left of the + sign in the header of the terminal of VSC and select some other shell and check if the server is already running there. Quit that server and you are ready to launch a another server.