So when I want to log out the user it shows a white blank page at http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/logout/ I'm using the shortcut way to redirect to next page in settings.py and I tested to logout with admin panel and it works fine. settings.py ... LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'index' LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'index' ... this is my urls.py: from django.contrib import admin from django.urls import path,include urlpatterns = [ path('admin/', admin.site.urls), path('',include('post.urls')), path('accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls') ), ] This is how I login: login.html: {% extends "base.html" %} {% block content %} <div class="container"> <h1> LOGIN FORM </h1> <form method="post"> {% csrf_token %} {{form.as_p}} <button type="submit" class= "btn btn-success">Log In</button> </form> </div> <br> {% endblock content %} base.html: ... <ul> <li><a class="active " href="{% url 'index' %}">Home</a></li> <li><a class="active " href="{% url 'about' %}">About</a></li> {% if user.is_authenticated %} <li><a class="active " href="{% url 'logout' %}">Log Out</a></li> {% else %} <li><a class="active " href="{% url 'login' %}">Log In</a></li> {% endif %} </ul> ... and for log out all I did was the 'href="{% url 'logout' %}"' in base.html as far as I learned there is no code needed in views.py. .what am I missing? Continue reading...