Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Remove Popups, Redirects, Spam, and Junk on Chromebooks

Chromebooks are pretty darn robust. For the vast majority of users, they just work, and never hiccup. Still, on rare occasions you might find your Chromebook being affected by unwanted popups, adds or other strange behaviors. If your Chromebook is not behaving like brand new, you can fix it in a matter of seconds. Here's how:
  • Click the button in the lower right hand corner of your screen
  • Click Settings
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page, then click Show Advanced Settings
  • Scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings page and click the Reset Settings button
Resetting Chrome will erase all cookies, saved passwords, and other detritus, and extensions will be disabled. You might be required to restart the Chromebook. At any rate, your Chrome browser should be restored to brand new condition.

The video below shows the steps to perform the reset, though I don't actually click the reset button...


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