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By George Norman

Added on 20 Nov 2009(5953 Views)

Did you play around with the Google Chrome settings and ended up with something you do not particularly like? There is a quick fix for that. All your custom settings will be rolled back and Google Chrome will return to its default settings. All you have to do is follow the instructions presented below and you should be just fine.

Here is what you have to do to restore the Google developed Chrome browser to its default settings:

Step 1. First of all you will have to launch the Chrome browser. So double click the Chrome icon on your desktop, click the Chrome icon in the Start Menu, or just type on Chrome.exe in Run. Whatever means you use to launch the software application, use it.

Step 2. In the top right hand corner of the screen there’s an icon that looks like a wrench. Actually, this icon is commonly referred to as the wrench menu -> click it.

Step 3. From the dropdown menu that appears, click Options

Step 4. The Google Chrome Options window will appear. At the top you’ll see three tabs: Basics, Personal Stuff, and Under the Hood. The last tab is the one you’ll want to click now.

Step 5. In the Under the Hood tab, in the bottom right hand corner of the window, click Reset to defaults.

Step 6. This warning message will appear:
When you reset Google Chrome any changes you’ve made will be reverted to the default settings. Do you want to reset Chrome options?

Click Reset to defaults.

Step 7. Click Close to, well, close the Google Chrome Options window and you’re done.

Tips and warnings

• In case you did not know this, here are the default settings Google Chrome will be restored to:

Your homepage is the New Tab page that displays your most frequently visited webpages
The browser offers to save passwords for you.
Popup alerts are turned on.
The default download location has been restored to /Documents and Settings/<user>/My Documents/Downloads
All the security settings have been set to default: mixed content is displayed, cookies are allowed, phishing, malware protection, smart navigation error suggestions, DNS pre-fetching, and address bar suggestions are enabled.



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