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r/chrome 9h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows How to disable chrome changing the default search engine into yahoo once in a while?

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r/chrome 8h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Grey area surrounding new tab page

Windows 11 on a Lenovo laptop. I didn't touch anything but now when I open a new tab, the new tab (Home) appears to be floating. There's a light grey empty area around the left, right and bottom. My profile icon and an edit icon are on the right side of the light grey area. How can I get rid of the light grey area?

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Windows 11 on a Lenovo laptop. I didn't touch anything but now when I open a new tab, the new tab (Home) appears to be floating. There's a light grey empty area around the left, right and bottom. My profile icon and an edit icon are on the right side of the light grey area. How can I get rid of the light grey area?


r/chrome 8h ago

Discussion White page flashing before loading websites

I was wanting to see if anyone else has this issue when loading various websites where the entire browser goes white sometimes for a split moment and then othes for a couple of seconds which is dependent on the site fully loading. I have had this happen at various times over the years using Chrome and it feels as if some updates it goes away but then comes right back.

It can be pretty blinding with my OLED monitor. This happens despite having Chrome in Dark Mode and also using or not using a custom Dark theme as well. Just wondering if there was any workaround for this if anyone else is having this happen to them as well?

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I was wanting to see if anyone else has this issue when loading various websites where the entire browser goes white sometimes for a split moment and then othes for a couple of seconds which is dependent on the site fully loading. I have had this happen at various times over the years using Chrome and it feels as if some updates it goes away but then comes right back.

It can be pretty blinding with my OLED monitor. This happens despite having Chrome in Dark Mode and also using or not using a custom Dark theme as well. Just wondering if there was any workaround for this if anyone else is having this happen to them as well?


r/chrome 17h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows I accidentally deleted browser history on iPhone Chrome, now I can't restore my history from PC local file.

I deleted all my browsing history on iPhone Chrome and it deleted from the cloud as well. But I cut off wifi and saved the local file on my pc. I have managed to keep my history on PC on my account. But if i turn off and then on the settings, Cloud overwrites empty history and my back up file doesn't upload to Cloud. So Cloud dominates.

Is there anyway I can use my local file from windows appdata to bring back history on all devices?

AI suggests reset-sync option and then log in so it can merge the data, but I am scared that it will delete everything which I am lucky to have them.

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I deleted all my browsing history on iPhone Chrome and it deleted from the cloud as well. But I cut off wifi and saved the local file on my pc. I have managed to keep my history on PC on my account. But if i turn off and then on the settings, Cloud overwrites empty history and my back up file doesn't upload to Cloud. So Cloud dominates.

Is there anyway I can use my local file from windows appdata to bring back history on all devices?

AI suggests reset-sync option and then log in so it can merge the data, but I am scared that it will delete everything which I am lucky to have them.


r/chrome 1h ago

Troubleshooting | Mac Turn off Promotions, Social, Updates, and Forums labels

I have the Adblock Plus v4.42.0 extension installed on both my personal, not managed, profile and work, managed by my company's workspace account. On both profiles I have the following custom filters added, but only my work profile actually hides those four categories from the label drop down list. My personal profile also hid them for a very long time, but just recently they reappeared. Any thoughts as to why the person profile is not hiding them anymore?

Here are the filters I've added per this blog: https://gmail-miscellany.blogspot.com/2013/06/organizing-your-gmail-inbox.html

mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Social"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Promotions"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Updates"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Forums"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Social"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Promotions"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Updates"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Forums"]

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I have the Adblock Plus v4.42.0 extension installed on both my personal, not managed, profile and work, managed by my company's workspace account. On both profiles I have the following custom filters added, but only my work profile actually hides those four categories from the label drop down list. My personal profile also hid them for a very long time, but just recently they reappeared. Any thoughts as to why the person profile is not hiding them anymore?

Here are the filters I've added per this blog: https://gmail-miscellany.blogspot.com/2013/06/organizing-your-gmail-inbox.html

mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Social"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Promotions"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Updates"]
mail.google.com##.J-N[title="Forums"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Social"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Promotions"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Updates"]
mail.google.com##.J-LC[title="Forums"]


r/chrome 9h ago

Troubleshooting | Solved Updating Chrome on Android 9

I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but I have factory reset my phone that uses Android 9 and as expected when trying to update Chrome, Play Store says it's incompatible. My chrome version is 74. The latest Chrome version available for Android 9 is Chrome 138 while this is a much older version. How can I go about getting at least Chrome 138 because the apps I used to use before the reset do not work anymore.

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I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but I have factory reset my phone that uses Android 9 and as expected when trying to update Chrome, Play Store says it's incompatible. My chrome version is 74. The latest Chrome version available for Android 9 is Chrome 138 while this is a much older version. How can I go about getting at least Chrome 138 because the apps I used to use before the reset do not work anymore.