Google chrome tips part 2
Hidden Tips to make Chrome fast…
6. Clear Browsing Data.
As
you browse the web, Chrome’s history database collects URLs and cached texts
for websites you've visited, your download history, cookies, and other website
and plugin data. While the point of the history and cache database is to speed
up your computer by caching things locally instead of having to download every
time, sometimes the history database can become very large and may slow down Chrome.
NOTE: You shouldn't clear your history regularly for speed purposes, as that defeats the purpose of
a local cache. You can certainly clear it for privacy reasons though.
There
are several ways to clear your browsing history, including clearing your entire
history and clearing the history for specific sites. There
is nothing new to say that your browsing data will slow down the browser. So
better is to practice clearing browsing data regularly.
This option is available in wrench > Settings.
From now you will notice that your Google
Chrome browser is speedier than before. Please note that some tips may
not be same in future as the Google
Chrome is realizing updates frequently and making changes to different
options.
Clear Your Entire
Browsing History
To
clear your entire browsing history, click the wrench icon on the toolbar and
select Tools -> Clear browsing data from the drop-down menu.
NOTE: Clearing your
entire browsing history prevents matches from displaying when you start typing
URLs in the address bar.
In
the Clear browsing data dialog, select the items you want to clear and select a
time range from the drop-down list. Click Clear browsing data to clear the
selected data. When the Clear browsing data dialog closes, the Settings tab
opens. To close it, click the red X button on the tab.
Clear Specific
Items from Your Browsing History
If
you want to delete the history for only specific webpages, click the wrench
icon on the toolbar and select History from the drop-down menu. Move your mouse
over a webpage you want to remove from the history list and select the check
box that displays. Once you have selected all the webpages you want to remove,
click Remove selected items. A confirmation dialog box displays. Click OK if
you are sure you want to remove the webpages from the history list. To close
the History tab, click the red X button on the tab.
Clear Your Browsing
History from the New Tab Page
The
New Tab page displays thumbnails for the websites you visit most. You can clear
your browsing history by removing these thumbnails from the New Tab page. To
remove a webpage from the New Tab page, move your mouse over the thumbnail for
the site and click the X that displays in the upper, right corner of the
thumbnail.
NOTE: You can reset
the New Tab page to blank thumbnails by clearing your entire browsing history,
as mentioned earlier. You can also remove a thumbnail from the New Tab page, by
dragging it to the Remove from Chrome trash can, which only displays once you
start dragging a thumbnail.
Clear Your Browsing
History Automatically when Chrome Exits
Earlier
in this article, we recommended disabling extensions you don’t use to speed up
Chrome. However, there is one extension that might be useful. The Click&Clean extension allows
you to clear browsing data automatically when you close Chrome.
To
install Click & Clean:-
·
Click the link https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search-apps/click%26clean?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon
·
Then click the Add to Chrome button
on the webpage for the extension. A confirmation dialog box displays to make
sure you want to install the extension. It also tells you what the extension
can access.
·
Click Add to continue with the
installation.
·
Once Click&Clean has been
installed, a notification displays, pointing to the new button on the Chrome
toolbar. Then click the Click&Clean button, the Main menu displays. There
are many tools available in this extension for maintaining Chrome and your
computer. The grey buttons in the middle of the menu provide access to more
tools.
To
configure Click&Clean to clear browsing data when Chrome exits, click the
Options button on the Main menu. To select which types of browsing data to
clear when you close Chrome, click the Clear Private Data when Browser Closes
tab on the left. Click the plus sign to the left of Chrome in the list on the
right. Check the items you want automatically cleared when you close Chrome. For
more information about the options available in Click&Clean, see the help
webpage.
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