Google Chrome is the most popular web browser on the internet because it is capturing 65% of the market share. The default settings of Google Chrome are providing phenomenal experience to the users. Most of Chrome users rely on the default settings of Google Chrome. It means that they don’t know some hidden settings of Chrome. If you want to make your experience even better, you should utilize these hidden settings and features. These hidden settings and features are introduced to capture more and more users. Here, we will discuss the top 10 Google Chrome settings that you should change.

Create A Shortcut For Most Visited Websites

If you are visiting a website often on your web browser, you will not like to type its name all the time. Under such a situation, this hidden feature will be helpful to you. By enabling this feature, you can create a shortcut for the most visited website. You should visit the Google Chrome search engine section. After visiting it, you should click on the ‘Add’ button. In the search engine field, you should write the name and URL of the website. After saving it, you will see that this website will be waiting for you when you open it.

Turn Off Annoying Notifications

In the past, the websites consisted of the static pages only. After opening a website, you would never see notifications. Nowadays, when you open a website, you will get lots of notifications of getting access to the webcam, microphone and location. No doubt, these kinds of notifications are annoying for the users. By using the smart and hidden features of Google Chrome, you can turn off these notifications. To turn off these notifications, you should click on the ‘Advanced’. After that, you should click on the ‘Site Settings’. Here, you can turn off all the annoying notifications on your web browser.

Disable Background Apps

If you are a researcher and facing issues in Google Chrome speed, you must disable background apps. In Chrome, some apps will run in the background. These apps will be running even if you close these apps. As a Chrome user, you will never like to allow these apps to run in the background. To close these apps, you should go to the settings page. In the settings page, you should click on the ‘Advanced’. In the advanced settings, you should disable the “Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed”.

Stop Certain Sites From Tracking You

Like other web browsers, Google Chrome is allowing the websites to store cookies on your system. These small log files can track your online activities. After tracking your online activities, they can use these cookies for various purposes. By using the hidden feature of Chrome, you can stop these websites from tracking you. For this reason, you will have to visit the ‘Advanced’ setting. After clicking on the site settings, you can block cookies on your web browser.

Allow Extensions In Incognito Mode

We are using incognito mode of the Google Chrome for private browsing. By default, Google Chrome is not allowing users to use extensions in the incognito mode. To allow the extensions in the incognito mode, you should go into the Chrome Extensions page. Here, you should click on the Details button. You should click on the details button of these extensions only that you want to use in incognito mode. After clicking on the Details button, you can easily allow the extensions in the incognito mode. After enabling an extension in the incognito mode, you can use it even in the incognito mode.

Block Pop-Ups

While visiting some certain websites, you will observe that lots of pop-ups are appearing on your screen. These pop-ups will not provide the best user experience of this website. To block these pop-ups from appearing on the screen of your device, you can also use the hidden feature of Google Chrome. You should click on the settings. After that, you should click on the content. In the content, you should click on the pop-ups. When you disable the toggle, Google Chrome will never show pop-ups on the screen of your device.

Automatic Password Generation

If you want to get access to some specific websites, you will have to create accounts on these websites. While creating accounts on these websites, you will have to fill out the login details. It means that you will have to create a username and password. To create unique passwords is also difficult for you. For this reason, you can use the automatic password generation tool of Google Chrome. To enable this tool, you should find it on the Chrome Flags page. After enabling this feature, it will automatically detect and generate the passwords for the accounts.

Send A Page To Your Device

This neat feature of Google Chrome is allowing the users to send pages from smartphones to PC and vice versa. Chrome is allowing you to send these pages just with the help of a single click. For this reason, you just need to right-click on the page. When you right-click on the page, you will find an option ‘Send to your device’. You can easily enable this feature of Google Chrome just by opening the same Google account on all the devices.

Assign Keyboard Shortcuts For Extensions

The most important reason for the popularity of Google Chrome is that it is providing the best user experience. To provide the best user experience, it is offering lots of extensions. By installing these extensions, the users can extend the features of Google Chrome. After installing these extensions, if you want to get access to these extensions quickly, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to these extensions. To assign keyboard shortcuts to extensions, you should visit the Chrome extension shortcut page.

Enable Parallel Downloads

While using the internet, you will have to download some specific files. Google Chrome is providing default downloader to download these files. If you want to download small files, it will work well. On the other, it will not work equally well if you want to download large files. While downloading the large files, you will have to face the problems of downloading cancelled. If you want to save from these kinds of problems, you should enable the parallel downloading in the Chrome flag page.