How to Disconnect Google Chrome Browser

Google Chrome is an easy to use browser with an intuitive interface, which is ideal for beginners. The browser provides its automatic updating to the latest version without user intervention, in addition it allows using widgets and plug-ins to satisfy a wide range of specific users' needs. All this ensures that each user has the latest version of the program and makes the work on the Internet more easy and enjoyable.

However, no matter how good Google Chrome is, it is prone to similar problems as other browser-competitors. If you notice that Google Chrome is slowing down, you can take advantage of these helpful tips.

Clearing the browser cache from temporary Internet files

The number of temporary Internet files (Temporary Internet Files) and folders with time grows like a snowball. If you spent a lot of time on the network, visiting a lot of different resources, and not cleaning the cache regularly, it will be a garbage dump. When you visit any web page, its contents are downloaded to your computer in the cache folder and displayed in the browser, so you can easily see how the contents of your browser's cache folder can quickly fill with hundreds of unnecessary files and folders that will be Slow down the browser.

Chrome is able to clear the cache automatically when the browser is closed, but the availability of this option depends on the version installed. If such an option is not available, do not forget to clean the cache from time to time manually. For the average user, it is enough to do this procedure once a week.

To clear the cache in Chrome:

1. Click the browser menu icon (three horizontal bars) in the upper-right corner of the web browser window;
2. Hover your mouse over the "Tools" section and select "Delete scanned data ..." from the appeared submenu, then the "Clear history" menu is opened. Instead of the described two steps, you can access the menu of interest by pressing the hotkey "Ctrl + Shift + Del".
3. Select the types of data that will be deleted from your browsing history. To restore performance in the first place, we are interested in deleting the cache - make sure that the "Clear cache" checkbox is selected, and the option "For all time" is selected.
4. Push the button "Clear history"

Disabling plug-ins and add-ons

Added addons and plugins that are designed to extend the functionality can also cause problems with the browser and slow down the opening of the pages. Therefore, if your browser suffers from performance problems, you must disable all plug-ins and enable them one at a time. After enabling each subsequent plug-in, you need to check how quickly the web browser opens the sites, before identifying the problem add-on. Despite the fact that Chrome is doing everything possible to warn about poor compatibility with some plug-ins, other well-compatible plug-ins can cause conflicts with each other, without giving you any indication of this. Testing add-ins individually is one of the few ways to identify a problem.

Enable Hardware Acceleration

Some web pages can be very saturated with graphics, which causes a slowdown of Chrome, because at this time it tries to process graphics on the screen. Processing graphics can take a lot of CPU resources. If you do not already have hardware acceleration enabled , you need to do this.

To do this, enter about: flags in the Chrome address bar , go to the settings page, enable the GPU Accelerated Compositing and Accelerated Canvas 2D GPU acceleration functions, and then reload the web browser. However, remember that this function consumes a lot of RAM!

Disabling Automatic Updates

The automatic update function, which checks for the latest version of the browser on your computer, is convenient on the one hand, but on the other hand it connects to Google servers every time you launch the browser. If you want to speed up the discovery of Internet resources, make sure that the auto-update feature is turned off, however in this case, do not forget to update your browser from time to time manually.

To disable the Chrome update process, you need to change the settings of the local Group Policy. It can be quite difficult, it's much easier to find the application googleupdate.exe, right-click on the file, go to its properties, click the "Security" tab, and deny any access to this application.