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How to speed up google chrome; 7 ways you can speed up google chrome in 2019

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Google Chrome is typically a reliable and quick browser, but like anything else, it can slow down over time. When it does, the resultant experience can cause frustration and limit your productivity. By trying a few simple tips, though, you can boost the speed and make your internet experiences pleasant again.

UPDATE GOOGLE CHROME

Each new version of Chrome contains new features, security fixes, and—often—performance improvements, so it's possible updating to the latest version may help your speed woes. Even if it doesn't, it'll keep you safer from online threats.

Chrome updates itself automatically, so chances are you're already on the latest version, provided you've closed the browser somewhat recently. If you're behind, Chrome will display a yellow or red arrow in the upper right-hand corner of the browser.

This means an update is waiting for you, so all you have to do is close out the browser window or click the arrow and choose Update Google Chrome to restart and get the update.

You probably won't make any night-and-day speed differences, but it's a good place to start nonetheless.

CLOSE UNUSED TABS

If you're the kind of person who opens 19 tabs and leaves them running for later, it's a good bet your slowdown is coming from having so many sites open in the background. Chrome can discard tabs if it runs out of memory, but in my experience, it isn't very aggressive about it.

Close any tabs you don't need (once again, Shift+Esc is your friend), and bookmark them for later.

TURN OFF OR STOP UNWANTED PROCESSES

Turn off or delete unwanted extensions:
Extensions are small programs you can add to Chrome on your computer that let you do more. If you're not using all your extensions, you can turn them off to speed up Chrome.

Open Chrome, then go to the More menu in the top right that looks like three horizontal dots > More tools and then Extensions.
Turn off or remove unwanted extensions.

Stop unwanted tasks:
Look for tasks you no longer need that are using a lot of resources, like a video or an app. Follow the instructions in the video.

On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top right, click three dots.
Select More tools and then Task Manager.
Click “Memory” to sort tasks by memory usage.
Tip: Look for any items labeled "Background page."
Select the task you want to close.
Click End Process.
Note: Any unsaved work in your task will be lost.

Let Chrome open pages faster

You can turn on network action predictions ("page prefetch") to make Google Chrome open web-pages faster. When the setting is on, Chrome pre-loads the links you might open.On your computer, open Chrome.At the top right, click three dots and then Settings.At the bottom, click Advanced.In the "Privacy and security" section, turn on Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly.

DOWNLOAD AND RUN AN ANTIVIRUS AND MALWARE SCANNER

You may initially think Chrome itself is the reason for the slowness you’ve noticed, although it could be a virus or malware to blame. Depending on the type, these malicious additions to your computer install files that could affect Chrome by launching programs and windows that negatively affect its speed. Download any antivirus or malware scanner and scan your computer with it and see if it makes any difference.

CLEAR THE CACHE

If you still can't get Chrome to cooperate, it may be time to go nuclear and reset Chrome to its original defaults—no extensions, custom search engines, or other saved settings.

This can be a pain, but if you discover Chrome goes back to being zippy after resetting, you might be able to keep it tidier and prevent it from building up extra cruft (or at least determine which extension or setting causes things to slow down later).

To perform a reset, head to Chrome's settings, click Advanced along the bottom, and scroll down to Restore Settings to Their Original Defaults.

RETURN TO THE DEFAULT BROWSER SETTINGS

When your browser isn’t working as anticipated, going back to Chrome’s default settings could work wonders. That’s especially true if extensions may have made changes you didn’t know about that are causing the slower speed. Reverting to the default setup also doesn’t affect your bookmarks, history, or saved passwords.

Launch Chrome, then go to the More menu in the top right that looks like three horizontal dots. After clicking it, choose Settings, then Advanced. There, you’ll see a Reset section with a button of the same name. Click it to confirm wanting to return to the default settings.

DOWNLOAD AND RUN THE CHROME CLEANUP TOOL

Once upon a time, Google developed a program called the Chrome Cleanup Tool, which would detect potentially unwanted programs (PUPs)—like toolbars and other automatically installed extensions that your antivirus may not be designed to catch.

Google has since integrated this directly into Chrome, and you can run it by going to Chrome's Settings, clicking Advanced along the bottom, and choosing Clean Up Computer. Run the tool and it'll check your computer for any software that might be slowing down your browser.