Synchronization allows you to save certain information from your browser to your Google Account.
Synchronization Benefits
- Synchronized information (bookmarks, passwords, history and other settings) will be available on all your devices. You can update it from any of them.
- You will be automatically signed in to Google services (Search, Gmail, YouTube, etc.). If you're already signed in, enabling sync won't cancel it.
- If you switch to a different device, your data will be available on that device as soon as you sign in to your account.
- If you turn on Web & App History , your Chrome browser activity will be stored there and used to personalize Google services.
How to Sign in to Chrome and Enable Sync
You need a Google account to enable sync.
If you want to enable sync for multiple different accounts or someone else is using your computer, you can add a profile to Chrome.
How to turn off sync
If you turn off sync, bookmarks, passwords, history, and other settings will still be available on your computer. However, changes you make to them won't be saved to your Google Account or synced across your other devices.
Disabling sync will sign you out of all other Google services, such as Gmail.
When you sign in to your Google account on Google services (such as Gmail), Chrome is automatically signed in. If you don't want to sign in to Chrome,
This article contains detailed guide how to reset settings, configure plugins, bookmarks, start pages, search engine, and other features of Google Chrome. The guide will primarily be useful to people who are far from working with a computer and specifically this browser, but experienced users will also be able to learn something useful for themselves.
By default, Google Chrome is set to search using Google service. It is quite good and popular, but many users prefer competitors: Yandex, Bing, Mail.ru. In order to select a search engine, you need to go to the browser settings:
The changes will be automatically applied and saved to your profile. Now you can use the Yandex search service directly in the Google Chrome address bar.
Downloaded files
By default, the web browser saves files to system disk to the user's personal folder. If you are using multiple HDDs, it is recommended that you download content from the network to a media other than the one on which Windows is installed. Setting up a download folder is easy:
Homepage
The home site is the resource that you will be redirected to when you launch your browser. This may be a news site, Vkontakte or others. social networks, a page with a list of your most visited sites, or just a tab with a search bar.
Open the settings, as in previous times. The required category is “On startup, open”. There are three items to choose from.
- New Tab - Opens a blank page with a search engine and a panel of your favorite resources.
- Previously open tabs- will open all the pages that were open before the last shutdown of the browser.
- Preset pages - allows you to select a specific home page, for example, Vkontakte.
Plugins
Plugins, or extensions, are mini-programs that connect to Google Chrome and bring additional functions. This may be recognition of any formats, for example, FB2 or DJVU, built-in text editor, ad blocking management, child protection, additional tabs from Yandex and much more. Consider connecting the extension using the example of a plugin for additional Vkontakte settings:
- As in previous times, go to the web browser settings.
- In the menu on the left, you need to select the item "Extensions" - it is located immediately above the settings item.
Now that the application is installed, it will appear in the list of installed ones, and you can use it at any time. Unnecessary plugins can be easily removed by clicking on the trash can icon to the right of the name. Almost all applications that can be installed on the Yandex browser will also go to Chrome, which makes it very easy to switch between these two programs.
Hidden settings
Touch additional hidden settings Google Chrome recommended exclusively advanced users who understand what they are doing. Ordinary people here may only need to enable NNAPI. Let's take a look at this topic as an example:
If you have accidentally turned on something that makes it difficult to work, best solution will reset the settings.
After the browser has been installed, the first step is to configure it "for yourself". This must be done for further comfortable work. This article will discuss how to properly configure the Google Chrome browser.
First, go to the settings, and to do this, click on the button with three horizontal stripes and select the item Settings.
The browser menu has four categories: History, Extensions, Settings, Help. We are interested in the selected section, since all the others are a separate conversation.
What is there to set up?
The first thing to do is sign in to your account if you haven't already. If you have used before Google account, then after logging in, the following synchronization will be performed:
- applications installed in Google Chrome (if you used the browser and Google account from another computer or reinstalled the browser);
- extensions;
- browser settings;
- autocomplete;
- omnibox cache;
- bookmarks;
- passwords
- open tabs.
If you do not have an account, the browser will offer to create one. We do not advise you to refuse, since synchronization alone costs a lot.
The second thing to do is set up the start page. Here you can select a page quick access, restore the last session, or enter the address of the site that you want to see as the start site.
The third thing to do is to set the default search engine. Of course, before your settings, it will be Google, but if you are used to using the same Yandex, then select it from the drop-down menu.
The fourth thing to do is set up saving passwords. If the browser is used by several people under one account or you fundamentally refuse to save them for security reasons, then turn off the offer to save passwords, since this feature is enabled by default. To do this, click Show additional settings and uncheck Offer to save passwords for websites. You can also disable auto-completion of web forms here.
The fifth thing to do is set up the path for downloads. If your preferred place is, say, the desktop, then in the line Download location click Change and select Desktop. Optionally, you can specify any location except for protected folders. Check the box next to the setting Ask for a location to save each file before uploading if you prefer to sort downloads as they download.
Ad hoc settings: if you have previously used another browser in which you have bookmarks, you can import them into Chrome by clicking the button Import bookmarks and settings.
As the name implies, if you wish, you can transfer not only saved pages, but also your browsing history, sites with saved passwords, and search engines.
If you use a proxy server for work, then you can make all the relevant settings by clicking on the button Change proxy settings.
If a appearance browser plays a big role, then the appropriate settings section will help you install the appropriate theme. There is a decent selection, so be sure to pick something suitable.
Here you can also set / remove the icon with the home page (marked with a red square) and make the bookmarks bar non-disappearing.
For normal work in the browser, you must first configure it. Initially, the browser, and in this article we will talk about Google Chrome, is configured for most users in the same way. Many features are included in the settings that allow you to improve the browser, since Google ongoing statistics and data collection. Not all users like this collection. After all, only company employees know exactly what data is sent by the browser about the user and his activities on the Web and what happens to them then.
One of the famous browsers is Google Chrome. How to configure it so that further work does not bring inconvenience? Very simple. In the settings, we will turn off everything that can confuse or alert us, go through all the settings and make the browser work as comfortable as possible.
What is a browser
This is an application that allows you to visit the pages of sites, view any content. A program that allows you to watch videos directly in your browser, download any interesting information and much more. There is simply an immense flow of information on the Web, and our goal is to protect ourselves, our computer and our data from intruders in the Google Chrome browser. How to configure it so that they cannot get into the computer and harm us? In the article you will find the answer to this question.
If you do not know how to set up the Google Chrome browser, then let's get started. After downloading and installing, opening the browser for the first time, you will see a simple window (photo below). In the center is the Google logo, the search bar, and above the address bar, where previously it was necessary to write URL requests, but now this is the so-called smart line, which allows you to write there not only the exact address site, but just any requests, and the search will be made in the search engine. But more on that later.
Below the search bar, the quick access tiles are still empty, but when you visit various sites, the last visited pages will be displayed there, which is very convenient.
Now let's go to settings.
Click on the button with the mouse three horizontally located dots, a context menu will open, in which we are interested in the "Settings" item.
Next, you will see a window in which we will need to make changes to Google Chrome. How to configure the browser to work as efficiently as possible without causing inconvenience to the user? The main thing is to carefully read the description of the settings menu items and not be afraid to switch them. In any case, you can always return the initial state browser.
More details on the points
- In the first paragraph, we can synchronize our account in Chrome, thereby connecting Google Chrome browsers on other devices to our account.
- Customize what exactly will open when the browser starts: new page, any site or previously opened tabs.
- Here you can select a theme, if necessary, check the item “Always show the bookmarks bar”, since there are several ways to set up bookmarks in Google Chrome. In this case, this panel will appear below the smart bar.
- Decide on a search engine. Here, if you are not satisfied with the search engine Google system, it can be switched to another - "Yandex", Bing or Mail. At your discretion.
- Next, we can import bookmarks and settings from another browser to Google Chrome. How to set up - add, change or delete a user, as well as assign him an avatar from the proposed list? Here you can do it.
- At the very bottom of the page, we need to click on the link "Show more settings".
- Then you have the opportunity to customize the content, clear the history, check or uncheck the boxes for sending automatic statistics, protect the device and enable hints, check the "Remember passwords" box, and select the page scale.
- If necessary, you can configure proxy servers.
- Change language settings.
- Specify the path to download files. Check the box next to "Always specify a location for downloading files." Then, with each download, a window will open in the browser asking you to select a partition on your hard drive to save files. Otherwise, the downloaded files will be saved in the Downloads folder on the system drive.
- Set up certificates and virtual printer.
- At the bottom last point there is a reset button. If the result does not suit you, you can always restore standard settings using this button. And your bookmarks will be saved. But the settings will be reset to default.
Quick access settings
Exit and again click on the button "Configure and manage Google Chrome". Here we see other sections.
- Here you can set up Google Chrome tabs - open the page in a new tab or a new window.
- The browser has the ability to open a window in incognito mode, this mode leaves no traces, does not save file history. Actual if you need to enter the office from someone else's computer.
- Section with settings for bookmarks, downloads and history.
- And also here you can change the scale of the browser page.
- Print the page or save it as a PDF.
Customize your browser
In the "Additional tools" section, you can install, download, remove various add-ons and extensions to the browser. Great amount interesting extensions can be downloaded by clicking on the "More extensions" button. There are many in the Google Chrome store free extensions, themes, applications and games that can be downloaded in one click.
But be careful, not all of them are safe, before downloading an unknown extension or theme, go to the official website of a particular plugin and read the reviews. It is not uncommon for infected plug-ins to get onto a computer through a browser malware and bring PC owners a lot of trouble.
You can reset your settings at any time Chrome browser to restore the default settings. During installation, some programs and extensions without your knowledge change Chrome settings such as a search engine. Resetting browser settings allows you to quickly solve this problem. Saved bookmarks and passwords are not deleted.
However, some settings, such as fonts or special abilities, will not be reset. To create new profile, add user .
What happens after the reset
The following Chrome profile settings will be changed on all devices that are signed in to Chrome:
- Default search engine- The Google system will be installed. Learn more about how to set your default search engine.
- Main and start pages. Learn more about how to set up your home and start page…
- Quick access page. Learn more about how to set up a quick access page.
- Pinned tabs. Learn more about how to pin tabs.
- Content settings such as blocking pop-ups or using the microphone. Learn more about how to change content settings.
- Cookies and site data, such as the items in your shopping cart in an online store. Learn more about cookies and site data...
- Extensions and themes. Learn more about extensions and themes...
Factory reset problems
The browser itself resets my settings
Some programs that you install may change your Chrome settings without your knowledge. For security purposes, the browser monitors such cases every time it is launched. If something is wrong, Chrome automatically restores the default settings.