Using my Samsung Galaxy Tab3 10.1 (4.4.2) I have just started using Chrome as the default browser instead of the built in "Internet".  I have recreated many of the bookmark links on the home screen without issue, and they open Chrome as expected.   However if I open  and then "Add to Home Screen", the bookmark opens Chrome as a webapp meanng there are no tabs or any ability to use it like a normal browser.  How on earth can I stop it opening as a webapp, and make it open as a normal tab?
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Goal:  Have a desktop shortcut that opens  , ignoring the contained web app manifest that otherwise "overrides" the saved shortcut to  and with "display": "standalone".  I had this working previously on an older Android phone before a replacement / upgrade.  Prior to the upgrade, I was able to long-press and open individual articles in new tabs - as well as copy link shortcuts to specific articles, as well as all of the other features and functionality that Chrome has to offer.  Here is just a partial selection of references of other users complaining about the same:       Using  provides a temporary successful work-around.  However, I can't find a successful way to add a link for this to my home screen.  The "Add to Home screen" option within Chrome instead saves a link to  - and in such a way that it opens as a web application instead of a web page within Chrome:       On a desktop operating system, this would be a non-issue.  (Create shortcut, enter desired URL, done.)  Attempt 1: Provide my own Manifest  So I created my own manifest - editing  to change the start_url attribute to https://news.google.com/news/i#0, and the display attribute from standalone to browser.  I then created my own HTML page that simply contained the below - then self-hosted both on a local web server:  &lt;html&gt;         &lt;head&gt;                 &lt;Title&gt;Google News&lt;/Title&gt;                 &lt;link rel="manifest" href="/news/manifest.json"/&gt;         &lt;/head&gt;         &lt;body&gt;                 Test         &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt;   However, this doesn't work:  Despite the shortcut being saved with the desired name and icon, it links back to my self-hosted HTML page, and not the indicated start_url.  Unfortunately, it appears that cross-domain URLs are not allowed per the manifest intent - as per  and  .  Attempt 1b: MITM website  Within the confines of my own local network, I figured I could try to  (MITM) the website to temporarily provide a desired manfiest to use for addition to the home screen.  Unfortunately, the website uses  here, which appropriately blocks the attempt.  Regardless - this is way too much work for what should be a simple effort.  Attempt 2: Widget Bookmark  Unfortunately, it looks like the 1x1 bookmark widget was removed in Chrome 48, as per  .  The suggested work-around is to use the "Add to Home screen" feature within Chrome.  Goto 10 / see beginning.  Attempt 3: Use the default-provided "Internet" browser  Unfortunately, using "Add shortcut on Home screen" in the default-provided "Internet" browser produces the same result as Chrome.  Consideration 4: Use a custom app / widget  Could probably write and install a custom application or widget that could be added to the home screen to meet the goal.  Or don't re-invent the wheel, and use an existing one.  Some possibilities:   "More Shortcuts":  "Shortcut Customizer":    Conclusion  How can someone create a desktop shortcut to an arbitrary URL, ignoring a provided web app manifest?
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Since I installed Ubuntu (fresh install on a new machine), and set Google Chrome as default browser, whenever I open links from external apps these are open as blank tabs in new browser window (no actual redirection to site, just a blank tab).  I switched to Firefox and this behavior doesn't persist. If I switch back to Chrome as default browser (via default apps) it happens again.  I noticed that both in Unity Launcher and from the default app settings, Chrome isn't called just 'Google Chome' but 'New Tab - Google Chrome'. Not sure if this is related or how to fix it. I made some searches that suggest to look for mimeapps.list or check that the google-chrome-stable.desktop contains a %U value, but none of these helped.  This is an extract of the .desktop entry by the way:  [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Google Chrome Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U Terminal=false Icon=google-chrome Type=Application Categories=Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;image/webp;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp; X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito   this is mimeapps.list  [Default Applications] text/html=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/unknown=google-chrome.desktop
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Safari is my default browser, and I like it that way. But I want to open Google URLs (Google Docs, YouTube, etc.) in Chrome by default, e.g., when I click on a link in Mail. Is there a system-level way to set the default browser for a sub-set of domains?
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I can find bookmarks for one profile at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks. However I don't know where I can find the bookmarks for the other profile. Where should I look?
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Since Chrome version 38, there's a pretty ugly button in the title bar of the Chrome window that allows you to switch profiles quickly.  Since I'm the only one that uses my computer, this is not really useful to me, and I'd rather reclaim the space for more open tabs.  I've looked in the settings but don't see a way to disable it.  How can I get rid of the button?
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Whenever I click a link from something like outlook or a program opens a web page (not when I click a link from within chrome). It opens up in Chrome since it is my default browser but if I already have a page open it will open in a new tab on that same window. I can't tell you how many times I forget about this and close the window out, accidentally losing the other tab too. Ofcourse, I can open a new chrome window and find it under recently closed tabs but I would really just prefer if they opened in their own window so I can prevent this.
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I have 2 windows of Google Chrome open, one on each display. Switching to Google Chrome puts both the windows on top of the rest of the apps on both the displays.  This is annoying as I write using one display, and use the other to view reference material. Switching apps often causes the windows on other display to get inadvertently covered.  I have set displays to have separate Spaces.  Is there any way to prevent macOS from bringing all the app windows to front, or, to prevent the app windows shown on the other display from  switching too?
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I was messing around with chrome://flags/, and don't remember all the changes I made. Now I want to get it back to its default state.  Since I use Sync, does reinstalling Chrome do it? Or better yet, is there a way to do it without reinstalling?
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As  and  Chrome no longer lets you automatically open downloaded pdfs in your System viewer.  In general, I like using the built-in Chrome PDF viewer, but for some longer and more complex PDF documents I much prefer to use my system PDF viewer (i.e., Skim).  I used to be able to save the PDF and it would automatically open in Skim (once I selected automatically open). Or I could save it and click the icon at the bottom. Now you have to manually download and then select "open in system viewer".   Is there a plugin to open the currently opened PDF in Chrome in the system viewer? Is there a way of overriding the behaviour in Chrome to force downloaded PDFs to open automatically in the system viewer? (note that I don't want to disable the Chrome PDF viewer in general)   Update: Note that this question is not about disabling the built-in chrome pdf viewer entirely which is covered by .  The distinction between the two questions is made quite clearly in .
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Having recently switched to Google Chrome, I was wondering what files and directories I should be including in my backups to make sure that bookmarks and history are included.  Along the same lines, is there a process to restore these settings on a new install?  This is on Windows Vista.
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Current situation:  I am currently browsing a page (say, www.google.com). I want to open a bookmarked page (say, www.bing.com), but I want to keep the current page (Google) opened. I need to click on new tab, then click on the bookmark for Bing. Alternatively, I can right click and open Bing in new tab.  But I want none of those because why click twice when one is enough?    What I want:  I am currently on Google. I want to open Bing, so I click on the bookmark and Bing opens in a new tab. Google remains open.    I am aware of a duplicate question linked . However it didn't really provide a satisfactory answer. Changing every link to javascript breaks the icon and is a pain to do; middle clicking doesn't really work because I'm on a laptop and the touchpad does not support middle clicking. I hope there is an extension for Chrome that can redefine this behavior to the way I want. A hidden setting in Chrome would be even better but I doubt Chrome offers that.
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Recently, Firefox has changed the default folder for newly created bookmarks (using Ctrl+D) from the Bookmarks Menu to "Other Bookmarks".  Is there some way to change that back? Or some alternate method instead of Ctrl+D?  EDIT  A native way to do this (without an add-on) would be best.
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I'm using Chrome 32 on an Android tablet (not phone) and just can't figure out how to close all open tabs in one go.
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I was unable to google what the possibilities of this separate "chrome on mobile" task in the cmd-tab app switcher is. What's it supposed to do?
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I've recently bought a new Android smartphone. After setting it up and loading my contacts onto it I thought that would be it.  Now after some days, every time I unlock the phone it takes a few seconds before it opens the default browser and opens some spam website. I tried to see what was causing it. I removed any apps I didn't know I could trust, but the problem persisted. After trying to solve it for some time I gave up and reset the phone to factory default. Now after having it reset to the default it ran without issues for roughly a week before the problem reappeared.    I tried to uninstall some apps in order to see if they were to cause of it, but nothing changed after doing so. However I did notice that if I turn off the wifi it won't even try to open the browser (I haven't tried mobile data since I don't have a bundle). This makes me feel like it might be related to something on the network but that wouldn't explain why only that phone would have the issue when there are at least 6 android phones on that very same network.  I hope that there is someone who can help me find the cause of this issue and help me solve it.  TL;DR When unlocking my phone, it opens the browser and tries to open a spam website. But only does so while connected to the wifi.  Things I've tried so far:   Factory reset (only helped for a limited time) Clearing the browser cache and all related data  Removing any app I don't know to be reliable Attempting to find what triggers it (seems like some type of internet connection is required??)   The device is the Doogee Shoot 1. As for the browser, the default is set to be the Android browser, but if I change the default it would use Chrome just as well. It seems to really just use the browser that is set to default.
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I've created a URL link in my dock, however, the link only opens with the default browser. I have safari, Firefox, and chrome (latest being the default) installed in my machine. I'm wondering if someone knows how to default the link to open with Firefox instead of Chrome but still keeping chrome as the default browser.  Note: I'm running Mavericks in my MacBook Pro.
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I don’t like the behavior of the new tab page in Google Chrome 29+. How can I restore the old behavior?  The new tab page (if you have Google set as the default search engine) now shows the Google logo (or, apparently, the doodle of the day if there is one), a search box, and a few recently visited websites. It also added an Apps button to my favorites bar, seemingly the only way to access my apps page, which has easy access to things I use regularly (Calendar, Gmail, Docs, G+, Facebook, Feedly, Google News, Netflix, Play Music, Pandora, Drive, Keep, etc.) I don’t like this behavior. I actually don’t mind having the logo of the day and search box, but I want my apps linked to on my new tab page.  Is there any way to get the old behavior back? I checked the settings and it doesn’t seem like it’s possible to set chrome://apps to be the new tab page (which would restore the old behavior) or to configure the new new tab page to display apps instead of recently visited sites.