Questions tagged [chrome-for-android]
Google Chrome is a popular browser. Use this tag if your question is about its Android version or issues related to it only
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What is this random arrow in the centre left of my Chrome screen?
Arbitrarily an arrow appears on the center left of my mobile Chrome browser. I cannot even click this arrow. It doesn't really affect any underlying features of my web browsing, at least not on the ...
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How do I preview a PDF document link on Chrome Android like I do on the chrome on a computer? [duplicate]
Whenever we open a PDF document link on a computer browser, we have a preview and then we decide if we want to download. But, when using a smartphone browser, the file is downloaded automatically. How ...
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Location of android browsers' (Chrome and Brave) open tabs [duplicate]
virtually all android browsers remember and load all my open tabs every time I open whatever browser I want to use.
Where is this file browsers use to reload all open tabs when restarting? Is there a ...
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Stop websites to redirect to their Play store apps
Some websites force to install their app and won't let me visit their websites in Google chrome on Android without redirecting to playdate
Play store. Only workaround is incognito mode because chrome ...
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Force Android to display "Desktop Version" when you add to home screen
I view several websites only as "Desktop Versions" but when I add them to my home screen they do not respect this decision.
Is there any way to force this feature to work correctly?
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"This site can't ask for your permission" Chrome error on LG Velvet?
I get this error whenever selecting any choice for permissions prompts in Chrome Dev. No results on Google, XDA, or here; Google has a similar but irrelevant hit for Hwaiwei devices (something to do ...
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Inexplicable possible automated event
I'd like to understand the cause of this:
I put the smartphone on airplane mode
After some hours I turn off the airplane mode, and activate internet connection
Suddenly, after having lowered the ...
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Export Google chrome's tabs *by groups*
I have been following How can I export the list of open Chrome tabs? and was able to use Chrome's native method, to generate the tabs list. Not having tried the scripting tips yet, I saved it manually....
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Chrome new grid layout for tabs
I've tried with chrome://flags/#
disabling tab-grid-layout reloading several times the browser, but no change works.
I've read a lot of articles on the web, some of them indicate this procedure, ...
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'No Internet Connection' on Certain Apps
I'm running Android 11; in some apps, such as Chrome, I see 'No Internet Connection' at the top, but everything is fine; I can browse.
Similarly, on Spotify, I get 'No Internet Connection' and am ...
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Chrome removed from launcher after update
I run EMUI 9.1, which completely supports Google Play Services (bought it before the ban). However, I used to update Chrome normally, but starting with version 91.xxx, it just updates fine, but the ...
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Chrome using a lot of battery without being open
I got a new phone (pixel 4a) and chrome is using a lot of battery without being open. If I pause the app I get much longer battery life. When checking my battery usage by app chrome is always the ...
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Android Chrome cookies all suddenly disappeared
This morning all the cookies seem to have disappeared from Chrome on my 'phone. When I log in again they stay, so it's not a bug or settings problem I think. They definitely have not all expired at ...
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Problem with downloading files to SD card
I have a problem with downloading to my SD card and I tried using different browsers: chrome, brave, firefox but couldn't find a satisfactory solution. Basically on Chrome I set the download location ...
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Close current tab on Chrome for Android without showing all tabs first
When I'm browsing on my computer, I can press CTRL-W or click the X on a tab to close it. That's convenient. But it seems Chrome for Android has no similar function.
To close the current tab on ...
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Resuming multiple downloads in Chrome
Many sites give all their files the same name. When downloading multiple files like this, Chrome helpfully adds a (1), (2), etc. to the filename. However, if something interrupts the download, such as ...
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Disabling Chrome tab groups in Chrome v91
A while back, I asked this question about disabling tab groups in Chrome v85. And that worked.
Now in Chrome version 91 they're back, with a vengeance. Trouble is, the flag that let me solve it last ...
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How can I restore Chrome capability to my android TV PCs?
I have several android TV PCs used as thin clients against a Windows machine. I do some things on the android box and some things in Windows. I've had the current set of TV PCs for about two and a ...
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Chrome won't open unlinked URLs on Android 11
I have a Google Pixel 4a running Android 11, and I haven't been able to open any links in Chrome by tapping them. On my old Android 9 phone, I was able to tap/select a URL, and there was an option to ...
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How to turn off ChromeVariations on Android?
To turn off ChromeVariations on Linux, one simply needs to create an /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/*.json file containing {"ChromeVariations": 1}. But what about on Android? See Extend (a ...
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How to change the User Agent string in Edge or Chrome
How can I change the User Agent string in either Edge or Chrome on Android?
I found old tutorials suggesting either going to about:debug or about:useragent but neither of these seem to work anymore.
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Why doesn't dictation work on GBoard in incognito mode?
My impression was that GBoard dictation works completely locally.
https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/03/an-all-neural-on-device-speech.html
If that's the case, how come it does not work when I go ...
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Web Browser Screen Resolution / ViewPort width
I've recently upgraded from a OnePlus 5T to a Oneplus 9 Pro.
I have noticed that when viewing webpages, the viewport width on the 9 Pro is smaller than on the 5T, even though the 9 Pro has a higher ...
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Why can I no longer share a URL to Brave or Chrome?
Within the last couple of months a change in Brave had affected my typical article reading workflow. This also affects Chrome, so I'm assuming it's a change in the underlying shared codebase.
I use ...
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Is it possible to default to a host name instead of a search query on Chrome for Android?
I would like to type in "server" in the address bar in Chrome on Android, and have it go to http://server (like things worked in the old days) rather than searching Google for the word "...
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Open Chrome URL home screen shortcut in incognito mode
I have a shortcut to a Google Form on my home screen. For a couple of reasons I would like for it to open in incognito mode (to prevent the option of editing the form, and so that once the Chrome app ...
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How can I open all the links of a bookmark folder on Chrome for Android?
On Chrome Microsoft Windows I can do:
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Chrome Tab Grid Layout can no longer be disabled via chrome://flags, is there another way?
I used to be able to disable Google Chrome on android from having the Tabs Grid, by disabling the flag.
That no longer seems to have any effect. Is there another way to change this setting?
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Viewing using computer Chrome a HTML page downloaded on Arndroid Chrome
I save webpages for offline reading by opening the three-dot menu icon and tapping the download icon up top, which will download a version of the page. I also take regular backups on USB drives.
Now ...
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com.google.android.trichromelibrary causes many Android apps to crash
Recently, apps that are fine an hour ago now crash when I open them. The crash report message seems to be caused by a null pointer exception (NPE) in com.google.android.trichromelibrary.
Apps affected ...
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Make Chrome tell the user that it is downloading
When I click a link to download a file (example), the file gets downloaded without any toast, popup or any indication (except in notification panel) . If I refresh the page again, it asks me if I want ...
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How can I activate the new Chrome tab management tools tab groups & grid layout?
I make heavy use of my tablet for research & typically have 200 to 500 tabs open. So I have been looking forward to the alternate grid layout and to Chrome Tab Groups for Android, which would make ...
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Disable search suggestions based on current page
Chrome has recently started offering search suggestions based on whatever is currently in the tab when I enter the address bar, like this:
How can I disable this?
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Disable "Call via hangouts" in Contacts.google.com in browser - use tel: instead [closed]
I use "click to call" from my phone often on phone numbers in my laptop browser (Chrome) and recently tried it from Gmail and Contacts tabs of Google apps. I even created a page to paste ...
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Chrome update on android makes the application freeze. I need help transporting its hundreds of tabs
Chrome updates are the worst. I've lost my tabs before when it updated, and the whole thing deleted my tabs after several times of lagging a minute after opening the app.
I fixed it by reverting to ...
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How can I enforce Google SafeSearch on Firefox/Chrome?
I'd like to enforce Google SafeSearch on Firefox/Chrome on Android.
Is there any way to do it? For example, if I enable it and then switch to Incognito/Private mode the setting will disappear.
For ...
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Android Chrome Password Pop-up
Does anyone know how to eliminate this annoying pop-up (see screenshot) in Chrome that has a separate window for passwords? I know it can be done but I can't find it and any every time I search for it,...
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Where to find webview-command-line for retrieving netlogs
I need to get netlogs for the Android webview used by my application.
The chromium describes few steps to do so. It required userdebug build for which I am using emulator.
But the commandline flags ...
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How can I transfer tab data from the Chrome App to another phone - including back and forward data?
So my nexus 6p is getting on in years, and I'd like to back up my chrome tabs onto another phone. I'm aware there's a sync function, but that:
Does not cover the back and forward data from each tab, ...
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downloaded file disappears from file manager, but chrome wont re-download (replace), or re-name (create new file)
Android 7.1 on LG phone
"stock" chrome
I download a movie,
its a really long filename,
and the file didn't show up in downloads
so few days later I stumble upon same movie,
try to download, ...
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Android Chrome browser is making a duplicate of every photo downloaded to my external SD card
Every time I download a photo (.jpg or .png file) with the Chrome browser (stable version) to my external SD card, it gets duplicated and stored also in "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures" folder ...
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Getting McAfee warnings despite not having McAfee?
I own a Galaxy S10, and after the recent update I've started getting warnings from McAfee in my Chrome browser telling me sites I've been visiting for years are suspicious... except I don't have and ...
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Android Chrome - shortcut icons shown on Chrome home page
there are up to 8 shortcuts on the android chrome homepage. How do I specify which web pages I want them to link to?
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How can I restore Google Chrome after I deleted it on my rooted phone?
I have a rooted Mototrola G6 Play, and today I deleted google chrome because I don't use it, but once I deleted it a bunch of apps stopped working like LastPass and Coursera just to name a few...
I ...
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Lower half of screen looks pixelated on Chrome for Android
I recently finished developing a website made of scalable vector graphics (SVG). The site looks great on all devices but Chrome for Android. On Android Chrome, the site looks more pixelated near the ...
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Gogle finance desktop shortcut stuck in weird state
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I got into very strange state after sync of my old phone (Pixel 2) to my new one (Pixel 5). The phone (or chrome) thinks that the Gogle Finance shortcut for the widget is on the desktop but ...
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Getting lost chrome android data back
My mom uses my android phone sometimes, and I guess yesterday or the day before she had reset one or more of my apps, including chrome, since all my open tabs and history is gone. I was not syncing my ...
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`adb backup` doesn't work even with `allowBackup=true` (e.g. Chrome)
I noticed that for some system apps (for example Chrome, which is preinstalled by default on my device), I can't do adb backup. Doing so results in the 47 bytes dummy .ab file. I checked in the ...
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How do I close all, or many at once, Chrome tabs on Android on a phone? [duplicate]
I'm on Google Pixel 2, Android 11, Chrome 87.0.4280.101.
I have 494 open tabs, as I explain in my answer here on how to count them. I need to selectively close about 450 of them, or just close all of ...
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Can't close browser tabs
I'm having an issue with an LG G pad.
Chrome 87.0.4280.101
Firefox Daylight 84.1.2 (Build #2015783145)
OS Android 5.1.1 LG-V940n Build/LMY47V
I don't do much with it other than email, browsing and ...
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