Advanced Settings: Reset Google Chrome
Follow these instructions to reset the Chrome browser to the state it was in when you first installed it.
What Can Happen
If resetting Chrome makes you nervous, it’s with good reason. Here’s what can happen if you decide to reset: Click Reset settings to comtinue.
Extensions and themes will become inactive. If your home page button is currently visible on Chrome’s main toolbar, it won’t be after the reset. Chrome will delete custom homepage URLs. Changes made to Chrome’s default search engine, and any other installed search engines, will return to their original state. You will lose custom start-up tabs. Chrome will clear the New Tab page. The reset will delete your browsing history, cookies, cache, and other website data.
If you’re okay with these changes, press Reset Settings to complete the restoration process. When resetting Chrome’s browser settings, it shares the following items with Google: locale, user agent, Chrome version, startup type, default search engine, installed extensions, and whether or not your home page is the New Tab page. If you don’t feel comfortable sharing these settings, remove the checkmark next to the Help make Google Chrome/Chromium better by reporting the current settings option prior to clicking Reset.
About Resetting Chrome
As Google’s Chrome browser continues to evolve, so does the level of control you have to modify its behavior. With dozens of customizable settings available, including tweaking its homepage functionality and utilizing web and prediction services, Chrome can provide a browsing experience tailored to your liking. With all of this virtual dominion, however, come some inherent pitfalls. Whether the changes you’ve made to Chrome are causing problems or, worse yet, happened without your consent (for example, due to malware), resetting Chrome to its default state often solves these issues.
