{"id":17451,"date":"2020-04-03T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/?p=17451"},"modified":"2023-02-07T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:03:12","slug":"how-to-speed-up-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/how-to-speed-up-chrome","title":{"rendered":"How to Speed Up Google Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google Chrome is one of the fastest browsers you can get, but it might not always seem that way. If your browser has been acting slow recently, you can speed it up by adding or removing extensions, using the Chrome Cleanup Tool, enabling certain flags, and more. Here are a few ways to speed up Google Chrome and unleash its full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Test Your Internet Speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve noticed your browser slowing down, you might have a slow internet connection. Before you make any changes to Chrome, you might want to run a quick speed test on your computer to see how fast your internet connection is right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might be experiencing a slowdown in your area, or your internet provider could be throttling your connection. In order to test your internet speed, go to HelloTech.com\/Speed<\/a> and click Go<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To find out more about what the results mean, check out our guide on how to test your WiFi speed<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do the speed test, and you see that your internet is as fast as ever, check out the following ways to speed up Chrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update Chrome to the Latest Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the easiest ways to speed up Chrome is to keep it updated. Google will update Chrome every six weeks or so. Each update comes with security fixes, new features, and performance improvements. So, updating your browser could speed up Chrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chrome is automatically updated in the background, so your browser might already be on the latest version. But you can always update the browser manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fastest way to force Chrome to update is to type chrome:\/\/settings\/help<\/em> into the address bar and hit Enter<\/em> on your keyboard. Then wait for the update to finish and click Relaunch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you want to know more about how to update Chrome<\/a> on your desktop, iPhone, and Android devices, check out our guide here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close Tabs or Use a Tab Management Extension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re the kind of person who likes to have lots of tabs open at once, this can cause Chrome to slow down. Every time you open a new tab, it uses a little memory, which means having a lot of open tabs will also slow down your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simple solution is to close any tabs you don’t need. But if you don’t want to close all your tabs, there are some great extensions that will prevent them from slowing your browser down so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the best extensions you can use to manage your tabs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n