MVC 4 - LogOff controller action giving 404 not found

Question

I\'m just wrapping up a college project, I\'m not sure if I\'ve been staring at my computer for too long and am missing something obvious, but when I try to log a user out, I\'m

Answer 1

You use a link ( tag) to log off which results in HTTP GET request when user clicks on it, but your action is constrained to serve POST request only (because it is decorated with [HttpPost] attribute).

You either need to put your link into a form and generate POST request, or remove [HttpPost] and [ValidateAntiForgeryToken] (credits to GalacticCowboy) from your action.