Chrome offers a number of hidden features that can make life easier for users. The Google browser allows, for example, to open different user profiles on the same computer and create shortcuts to your favorite websites on the PC desktop. The browser also makes it possible to easily resume accidentally closed tabs and guarantees access to a number of innovative tools that are still being tested before they reach the stable version of the application. Here is a list of 10 tips and tricks to improve your Chrome usage.
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1. Experimental features
Chrome offers several experimental features, that is, which are still in the testing phase and may one day arrive at the stable version of the application. Among them, is the activation of the picture-in-picture function to watch videos, change the location of the address bar or prevent the suggestion of sites from the history.
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To access all the tools under evaluation, type chrome: // flags / in the address bar, without the quotes. So, just activate the ones that interest you and confirm your choice on the Relaunch now button. Google itself points out that by using these features, it is possible to lose browsing data or compromise security or privacy in the browser.
The Google browser allows you to create different users on the same computer. In this way, it is possible to keep histories, favorites, among other data and navigation preferences separate according to the profile. The function is very useful for those who share the computer with family members, for example, ensuring greater privacy for each one and preventing the loss of information.
Chrome allows you to add different user profiles Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
The user must click on a doll icon in the upper right corner of the screen and click Sign in to Chrome to add the first account. After a linked profile already exists, the icon will be replaced with the user's name. Therefore, it is necessary to click on it, select the item Manage people and, in the window that opens, go to Add person. Then just name, choose an avatar and, if you want, link the user to another Google account.
V in "Manage people" in Chrome Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
3. Open search result in another tab
By default, the Chrome address bar also acts as a search tool: just type in the desired term and press the enter key. However, if the user does not want to leave the page on which he wrote the survey and open the search result made in a different tab, there is a solution. s press the Alt and Enter keys at the same time, after typing what you're looking for.
Search result opens in another tab in Chrome Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
4. Find favorite sites with address bar shortcut
There is a very simple way to access the pages marked as favorites, via the Chrome address bar. To do this, type * and then press the tab key. Then, write the word or term you want to find in the favorites and it appears among the options.
Finding bookmarks through the Chrome address bar Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
5. Find Windows items in the address bar
Did you know that through the browser address bar you can search for folders and items available on your computer's hard drive? To do this, type file: /// C: / (without quotes) in the address bar and press the enter key. Therefore, everything in the machine's C file will be displayed in Chrome.
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6. Continue where you left off
Failures happen, the browser can close itself and, with it, all the tabs that were open. If you don't remember all the sites, there is a simple feature available to solve the problem. Type chrome: // settings (without quotes) in the address bar, scroll down to the Reset option and tap on the Continue from where you left off item.
Configuring option for Chrome to start where it left off Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
7. Accidentally retrieve a closed tab
It is a common situation to accidentally close a flap that you did not want. The case gets worse if the content is an old story or the user has found it after countless clicks. But the practical solution: press, at the same time, the Ctrl + Shit + T keys and the browser will retrieve the tab. If you repeat the shortcut, the browser will continue to retrieve the last closed tabs, in chronological order.
8. Create a page shortcut on the desktop
Everyone has a web page that they access frequently and facilitate access to it is always a good option. Just enter the website, as you normally do, click on the three-dot icon located next to the address bar to access the Chrome menu. Drag the cursor to the More tools item and click Create shortcut. Then just confirm your choice in the box that appears on the screen. When closing the browser, the icon for the page will be available on the desktop.
Chrome allows you to save websites as a shortcut Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
Chrome allows you to make simple accounts directly from your address bar. The user can type in the calculation he wants to make (the * sign represents the multiplication and / indicates the division operation) and press the enter key. Then, be directed to the page with the result.
Chrome address bar calculations Photo: Reproduo / Taysa Coelho
10. Move or close multiple tabs at once
To select multiple tabs in Chrome, just hold down the Shift key while clicking on the tabs you want. When all are checked, you can remove them from the window, move them before or after the others, or close them all at once. To execute this last action, it is necessary to right click on one of the selected tabs and select the option Close tabs.
Actions with multiple tabs in Chrome Photo: Reproduction / Taysa Coelho