Google Chrome tips and tricks for beginners ⇨

Google Chrome has more than 60% of the browser market share due to its user-friendly features and high level of security. There are so many hidden features and tips to improve the Chrome user experience. These Google Chrome Tips and Tricks for Beginners Can Help You improve productivity when you use the browser frequently.

Google Chrome tips and tricks

Here are some helpful tips to get the most out of the Chrome browser.

Let us explain each of the tips in detail.

1. Add home button

By default, Chrome does not display the home button in the browser.

Enter the URL “chrome://settings/” in the address bar and go to the “Appearance” section. Learn more about Chrome URL commands.
Select the “Show home button” checkbox and the home button will instantly be displayed in the browser next to the address bar.
You can set any URL for a home page by clicking the “Change” link or else by default a new tab will be set as the home page.

Enable the home button in Chrome

For the keyboard shortcut, use Alt + Home to access the browser’s home page.

2. Use of browser tabs

Proper use of tabs can improve your productivity in Chrome.

Drag and drop a tab out of the browser window to open it in a new window.
If your mouse has a middle button, use the middle click on the tab to close it.
Use the Shift key to select more than one tab to move left or right together. You can also click Ctrl + W to close all tabs at once.
Ctrl + T opens a new tab in the same window. When many tabs are open in a window, use Ctrl +1 to move to the first tab and Ctrl + 9 to move to the last tab. Ctrl + 2 to Ctrl + 8 will move to the corresponding tabs in the browser. See our article on
Click a tab to see more options, such as pinning or duplicating a tab.
Pinning a tab will move it to the left corner and only the favicon will be displayed. This will come in handy especially when you opened many tabs by sliding into a single window.

You can close all other tabs or all tabs directly to the tab you are viewing.

3. Open links in Chrome

If your mouse has a middle button, use the middle click on any link to open the page in a new tab. This will work for all links, including dropdowns.
Use Ctrl + Left Click to open a link in a new tab and Shift + Left Click to open a link in a new window.
Drag and drop any URL link on a page to the address bar to open it on the same page. You can also drag and drop a menu link to the address bar.
Alt + left click will download the link in the default download folder.

4. Creating shortcuts for a web page

Chrome allows you to easily create a shortcut to a web page.

Select the URL in the address bar and drop it on your desktop.
Go to “Settings > Tools > Create app shortcuts…” and choose where you want to create a shortcut.

5. Zoom in, zoom out and view shortcuts

Ctrl + + to zoom out the current browser window.
Ctrl + – to zoom in the current browser window.
Press the space bar to move the page down when viewing a web page.
Ctrl + 0 to set the page to the default zoom level.
Press Shift + space bar to move the page up.
F11 to view the page in full screen mode.

6. Use of bookmarks

Click Ctrl + D to bookmark the current page.
Use Ctrl + Shift + B to show or hide the bookmarks bar on a page.
Use Ctrl + Shift + D to save all open tabs to a new bookmarks folder.

7. Video playback control

You can control whether Flash and video content on a page should start automatically or play with just one click.

Go to the URL “chrome://settings/content” in your Chrome browser.
Navigate to the “Plugin” section.

Choose either AutoRun, Click to Play, or Block All to decide how Flash content and videos should behave when a page is opened in Chrome.

8. Browse history and restore closed tabs

Chrome backs up your entire browsing history, which can be viewed using Ctrl + H. If you accidentally closed a tab and wanted to see it again, use Ctrl + Shift + T to open it in a new tab.

Holding Ctrl + Shift and then pressing T each time will open the last 10 closed tabs from your browsing history in reverse order (the last open tab will open first).

Use Ctrl + Shift + Del to delete all your browsing history.

9. Search engine settings

Chrome does not offer a separate search box like Firefox and Internet Explorer normally offer. Type keywords in the address bar and press enter to open search results using your default search engines in the same window.

After typing the keywords, use Alt + Enter to open the search results in a new window. Chrome’s address bar is known as an Omnibox, which can be used to open a URL and search for keywords directly.

Highlight any text on a web page, drag and drop it into the address bar to get search results for that keyword.

10. Download Settings

All files downloaded by default will be stored in a download folder in the My Documents section in Windows.

You can change the default download folder in Chrome settings or choose an option to ask where to save the file each time before the download starts.

Chrome Download Settings

11. View page source code and CSS

Right-click on any web page and select the “view page source” option to view the source code for that web page. The Inspect Element option is used to check each element on a page and view the source CSS of the page.

12. Task Manager

Right-click on the Chrome title bar or the minimized window on the taskbar and choose task manager. This will show the CPU and memory usage of each open tab in the browser. You can analyze which tab is consuming the most memory and close it whenever the browser responds slowly.

Chrome task manager

13. Chrome notifications

Some applications and browser extensions may show you in the system tray when you signed in through your Google account. You can enable or disable Chrome notifications at any time.

Enter the URL “chrome://settings/content” in your browser and navigate to the “Notifications” section. Select an appropriate option to allow or disallow notifications from Chrome.

conclusion

We hope that the Google Chrome tips and tricks for beginners explained above can help you improve your productivity. We have a large collection of articles related to Chrome and other browsers. Check them all out and use your browser wisely.

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