r/chrome Mar 28 '24

Announcement Hey everyone - we're opening mod applications! Apply today!

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Apply here!

We're looking for new mods to help with the rapidly expanding community. Our personal lives have become busier while the amount of work to do here has increased.


A lot of our general information is within the application form, but here's a short rundown of what the job entails.

  • Checking modqueue on a regular basis to take action on posts that are filtered automatically or reported by the community.

  • Regularly browsing through the subreddit and moderation of posts and comments to ensure that all community rules and guidelines are being enforced, including removing uncivil, hostile and inflammatory content.

  • Being able to discuss issues with members of the community through modmail in a professional and calm manner.

  • Contributing to discussions about moderation-related issues over Discord.


Overall, the job won't necessarily take more than an hour or two of your time per week, and if you're already generally active on Reddit and Discord then you probably won't notice a difference.

It can be quite rewarding to be able to shape a community (for the better). If this sounds like something that interests you, please apply! If you have any questions, feel free to comment below or message us through modmail.


r/chrome 1h ago

Discussion Which reverse image search tool actually works best now?

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I've tried reverse image searching a few images recently and Google gave me absolutely nothing useful. Before I start uploading the same image to every search engine I can find, which one actually gives you the best results now?
Google Lens? TinEye? Yandex? Something else?


r/chrome 4h ago

Discussion What is this who approves this layout

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From past few days it's not showing recent searches and new design or layout sucks what to do ?


r/chrome 15h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows FIX: Browser may not be safe, issue when logging into google; Google accounts getting logged off

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THIS IS A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM OTHERS MAY HAVE

Description of the issue:

You notice you've been logged out on all google .com and gmail .com accounts, but not youtube. And you try to log back in but it doesn't let you because it says that Brave browser is not secure.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Install extension from site https://downloadermedia.com/ or directly from google extension store, which its called "CRX Launch", i'm expecting that its kinda like a script working inside an actual extension. So basically this issue should apply just having CRX extension active.
  2. Try to log in into google .com with an email account
  3. Notice it says "browser may not be secure" and you cannot log in.

Expected result:

  • Should work even with extension installed

Brave Version( check About Brave)
Brave 1.94.121 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Chromium: 152.0.7977.83

Tutorial how to fix:

TL;DR: Disable or Remove extension installed.

Long explanation:

I have noticed that if you just disable the extension it allows you to connect to google. It may be possible (haven't tested) that if you change its behavior, it having access to the site information only when you click on it, it will still allow you to connect to google, but I'm not sure. it seems that google notices the extension being bad?

Note: If not that extension then probably another!


r/chrome 19h ago

Troubleshooting | Android Empty space at the bottom

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Empty space at the bottom when using gesture navigation and the navigation bar is enabled. Android 13, xiaomi mi 10


r/chrome 19h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Trying to login to websites and I am getting 401 Error

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Its same for all websites, when i try to login or signup with google mail, it redirects to this page stating

"
401. That’s an error.

The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That’s all we know.
"


r/chrome 1d ago

Discussion I've been comfortably using Firefox for the last several years but am now genuinely considering switching back to Chrome. What have they added recently that really sets them apart from competition?

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Genuinely would love to hop on board if Chrome is better than Firefox now


r/chrome 22h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Chrome always starts with energy saver on

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How can I disable this energy saver function? Chrome always starts with it enabled, I have to click "Turn off now" every time. This is on a desktop computer, there is no battery.

Chrome version: Version 152.0.7977.83 (Official Build) (64-bit)


r/chrome 22h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Should I be concerned about this? (Question)

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I'm not a computer guy, but am just asking just in case I'm not a complete idiot. I've asked ChatGPT (yes, seriously) if this is a serious issue, but am unsure if it's accurate or not. I found out my chrome wasn't only out of date, but also refusing to auto-update. And every time I did try to update it'd give me an error code. I had to use shortcuts to force it to update to its latest version of Chrome. I checked setting://policy, and my AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes had a value of exactly 16,200,000,000. From what I understand, this means that Chrome will auto update every 30,822 years. Sadly I won't live until the year 32850 'till my next automatic chrome update. Anyways, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing because I'm not that well-informed when it comes to technology and computer stuff, but clearly it didn't update my Chrome for a very long time considering I had to force it to update. Is this something I need to be concerned about?

ChatGPT said in a nutshell: "no this isn't worrying because your Chrome is already updated." and I'm like "yeah for the first time in like 5 years?" It gave me an answer I didn't like, and so I'm skeptical of this being an issue or not. Anyway, considering I had to pry Chrome open like a crowbar vs nailed planks on a door, auto-updating isn't gonna do crap. For additional info, under source it says "Enterprise Default." Couldn't tell you what that meant if I had to guess, but I'm guessing some beautiful whizzes on here can come up with something for all this. But seriously, do I need to be concerned? Is this an issue? If so, how do I fix it.


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Android Returning tabs to a previous state

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I have a couple tabs opened at all times but when I minimize it in mobile, sometimes it returns my tabs into a previous session for a lack of a better word. Like, if I had tabs open for a story I'm reading but when I let it run on the background or minimize chrome on mobile to use another app, when I return to chrome, I get sent back to time and suddenly I'm looking at a tab I opened, and closed, yesterday with the new tab I've opened for a story I'm reading is suddenly erased.

What is going on with chrome?


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Mac Chrome on Mac blew itself up

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Hi, I’m a college student with a MacBook Air from 2023, and just today my chrome, or maybe even my Google account, has decided to kind of blow itself up. On my mac earlier today my chrome was just running incredibly slow, certain websites or apps would load. Then I watched YouTube on my tv which has my Google account, which is the same on my Mac chrome, and thumbnails are gone, and the language is set to Chinese. The thumbnails are now gone on YouTube on my phone and computer as well. All same Google account. Now I opened my computer and my shortcuts are gone, and it’s logged me out of every website such as canvas, instagram, and Grailed. When I go to canvas it even says “access denied.” This is incredibly strange and frustrating because I need to do my schoolwork. Please help.


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows many things are just not loading suddenly out of nowhere

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youtube thumbnails arent loading at all and my google account pfp and details as well as the google docs and such menu are all just white. why?? is it because of me deleting copilot?


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows why is my chrome in bangla?

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when i use the chrome app normally, everything is in english

but if i need to sign into my google account from another app, it shows up in bangla(?)

ive been having this issue for about a year now and i just want it gonee 😭😭

i am able to change the language temporarily, but it goes back to bangla the next time i need to sign in. (its not just in this app, it happens to any other app as well)

this also only happens to my phone. my ipad and laptop seem fine and i cant see why this would happen. i literally have never touched language settings for my account

does anyone else have this issue?

i would appreciate any help


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Datos no guardados en barra de configuración

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Buenas, me aparece Datos no guardados en la barra de configuración y extensiones y no sé a qué se debe ni como se puede arreglar.


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Android Problem with typing in Chrome

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Hey, so I'm having issues with not being able to type anything. Gboard will still recognise the inputs and show suggestions, but the text box on whatever website I'll be using (including the Google search engine) will not show any change. I can't delete, type extra, or press enter. It works if I type directly into the search/domain bar. I've tried clearing cache, uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting my phone, using a different keyboard. And this is a Chrome exclusive problem, Brave browser works perfectly fine. Any ideas on how to fix this?


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Chrome signed me out when i updated the browser

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Ok so I downloaded the new update it was "Version 152.0.7977.83" and when I opened it back up I was signed out and when I tried to sign back in it told me that my password was wrong, so is there a chance that I got hacked or something because ive never experienced anything like this before


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Black crush on Twitch/ Youtube across all browsers

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I use Windows 10 and HDR activated on my LG C2 OLED. After pretty much all browsers removed OpenGL/ Vulcan, DirectX12 or whatever, and now only have DirectX11 or DirectX11 Warp, i have no choice but to have BLACK CRUSH on every video i watch on the internet. Actually, for some reason it flips back to normal for a second when i tingle with the UI.

DirectX11 Warp work and remove black crush, the problem is that it makes your browser use 100% of your CPU all the time and eventually causes blue screen of death.

Any suggestion how to fix? I tried messing with video and black levels in NVidia control panel with no solution.

Help appreciated. I've tried Opera, Firefox, Librewolf, Brave.


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Sooo where did the google AI overview go?

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I don't see it anymore, not even if i ask something. I used it like a half hour ago. I'm using Windows on a Lenovo IDEAPAD.


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows I have a problem with startup

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So when I startup my pc I have this chrome popup tongtonger.click and ik what it is and everything but I can't find from which site it came from and how to get rid of it. I deleted all my cookies and download history on chrome and it still starts. I downloaded some antivirus fortect and a lot of other like malwarebytes and they want money to resolve it. It goes on my nerves


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Android Need help with some oddly specific problem

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On chrome how do i fix the (open with)option not showing cause i clicked the always instead of once and the app keeps opening in deepseek cause i clicked on deepseek intead of google downloader


r/chrome 1d ago

Troubleshooting | Android Please help. How do I move the arrow back to the left?

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First photo is what I have currently, second photo shows how it was originally and how I want it again.


r/chrome 2d ago

Troubleshooting | Linux Downloading Linux through Chrome not working

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It keeps saying "Error installing Linux

Error downloading the virtual machine. Please try again."

I do not know what to do about this. I tried some stuff like restarting my computer and some other stuff like changing the GB amount that AI told me would work and didn't. I want Linux because I have heard it is good for coding, but I am having a lot of difficulties downloading it. Every time it would get to about 25% and every time it would give me that error. I have been downloading it through the settings of my computer where it says to install the Linux development environment.

My storage is not close to being full, my Chromebook is fairly new and completely up to date, the battery is high and the laptop is actively charging, and it wouldn't work with no background tabs open.

Please help me out 😅


r/chrome 2d ago

Troubleshooting | Linux Chrome signing out of Google accounts after closing Chrome possible fix

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Hi all,

I've been having problems with my Chrome profile signing me out of my Google accounts after closing the application. It worked fine on Firefox. It also signed me out of all accounts after like a week. And after digging I found that the issue is with the Chrome syncing your profile incorrectly everytime you open the browser.

To potentially fix it: Chrome settings on your profile > You and Google > Click on your account > Disable "History and tabs"

Now if you restart that should fix it.

I'm putting this solution on the internet since I didn't see it anywhere so I hope this helps someone that comes across this issue in the future. :)


r/chrome 2d ago

Discussion Ways to make a page never refresh itself, no matter after how long you don't use the tab?

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So I like to play quizzes on sporcle.com, and sometimes I like to pause the quiz and finish it later, but recently I have been experiencing that whenever I leave for a few hours and come back, most of the time the page is refreshed automatically, completely erasing my progress. I tried doing most of the options suggested online, like adding sporcle.com to the list of cites I want to keep always active, I turned off memory saver, and I even downloaded an extension, and none of these seem to work. Why are none of these working?


r/chrome 2d ago

Troubleshooting | Windows YouTube Dropped Frames on Every Browser – Dell Precision 5550

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Hi, I have a Dell Precision 5550 (Quadro T1000 + Intel UHD, Windows 11) and I'm having a weird YouTube issue.

YouTube drops frames at every video quality, not just 4K. At 4K, for example, I got around 500 dropped frames out of 2640 (~19%).

This happens on every browser, not just Edge.

The weird part is that Facebook videos, browser games, and fast scrolling work perfectly, even with multiple tabs open.

Hardware acceleration and hardware video decoding are enabled, and there are no GPU/driver errors.

What could cause YouTube to drop frames like this while other video websites work perfectly? Could it be related to VP9/AV1 or Intel UHD video decoding?