How to install

Google Chrome is an open-source web browser built to support web applications and search with speed and stability. It’s currently available for Windows XP and Windows Vista. (Mac and Linux versions are being developed, so stay tuned.) To install the Windows version for your user account, follow these steps below.
Steps to install

Visit Google Chrome Homepage Click the Download Google Chrome button. Downloading the installer file from this location ensures that you’ll be able to get updates, security fixes, and access to all of Google Chrome’s features. Review the Terms of Service, then click the Accept and Install button to continue. Once the installation finishes, the ‘Welcome to Google Chrome’ dialog box appears. Click the Start Google Chrome button to finish the default installation or click the Customize these settings link to choose specific installation options.

You can download Google Chrome latest stable version links below:

Latest stable version:
Google Chrome V6 (40)
Earlier versions:
Version 5
Google Chrome V5 (658)
Version 4
Google Chrome V4 (16859)
Version 3
Google Chrome v3 (8178)
Version 2
Google Chrome v2 (3172)

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Importing from Firefox or Internet Explorer

Googly Chrome can copy bookmarks and other browser settings from Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Importing from other browsers

To move a bookmark or bookmark folder, click the item on the bookmarks bar and drag it to its new location.

Follow these steps:

1. Export bookmarks from any browser as a HTML file and save the file to your computer.
2. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
3. Select Bookmark manager.
4. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
5. Select Import bookmarks.
6. Select the HTML file saved from the first step, then click Open.

The bookmarks from the other browser will now appear as a subfolder within the ‘Other bookmarks’ folder that sits at the end of the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).

Exporting from Google Chrome

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
2. Select Bookmark manager.
3. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
4. Select Export bookmarks.
5. Choose a location where you want your exported file to be saved, name your file, then click Save.

Google Chrome will export your bookmarks as a HTML file.

Bookmark tools

Bookmark manager

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+B

If you want to see a list of all your bookmarks and edit or manage them, use the bookmark manager. To open it, click the Tools menu and select Bookmark manager. Use the folder list on the left side of the manager to quickly browse your bookmark folders. Additionally, the Tools menu provides options for exporting and importing bookmarks.

Bookmarks bar

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+B

The bookmarks bar can sit at the top of the browser window to let you easily access your bookmarks. To show, or dock, the bookmarks bar at the top of the window, click the Tools menu and select Always show bookmarks bar. Select this option again if you want to hide the bookmarks bar. If undocked, you can always find the bar by opening the New Tab page (Ctrl+T).

Delete bookmarks

Find the bookmark or bookmark folder that you’d like to remove on the bookmark bar (Ctrl+B) or bookmarks manager (Ctrl+Shift+B). Right-click the item and select Delete.

If you delete a bookmark folder, you also delete all the bookmarks contained within the folder.

If you’re on the bookmarked webpage already, click the highlighted star icon on the address bar. In the bubble that appears, click the Remove link.

Edit bookmarks

You can edit a bookmark’s name, web address, and folder properties, as well as a bookmark folder’s name. Simply right-click the bookmark or bookmark folder on the bookmarks bar and select Edit.

If you’re in the bookmarks manager (Ctrl+Shift+B), follow these steps:

1. Select the bookmark or bookmark folder you’d like to edit.
2. Click the Organize menu.
3. Select Edit.
4. Make your changes.
5. Click OK.

Create bookmarks

Chances are you visit some websites on a regular basis. By creating a bookmark, you place a button for the webpage on the bookmarks bar that lets you easily return to the webpage later on. You can create bookmarks in several ways.

Click the star

This is the easiest way to create a bookmark: click the star icon on the toolbar to create a bookmark. A bubble confirming the addition of the bookmark appears.

• To tweak the bookmark’s name, edit the text in the ‘Name’ field.
• By default, the bookmark is filed in the bookmark folder that was most recently used. Use the ‘Folder’ drop-down menu to choose where you want to store the bookmark. Learn more about managing bookmarks.
• To tweak the bookmark’s exact URL, click the Edit button.

If you accidentally clicked the star icon, you can quickly revert by clicking the Remove link in the bubble.

Manually add the web address

If you know the web address of the page you want to save, add it to your bookmark collection:

Drag a link to the bookmarks bar

You can quickly create a bookmark for any link on your current webpage by clicking and dragging it to the bookmarks bar.

Import bookmarks

Importing from other browsers

Follow these steps:

1. Export bookmarks from any browser as a HTML file and save the file to your computer.
2. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
3. Select Bookmark manager.
4. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
5. Select Import bookmarks.
6. Select the HTML file saved from the first step, then click Open.

The bookmarks from the other browser will now appear as a subfolder within the ‘Other bookmarks’ folder that sits at the end of the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).

Exporting from Google Chrome

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
2. Select Bookmark manager.
3. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
4. Select Export bookmarks.
5. Choose a location where you want your exported file to be saved, name your file, then click Save.

Google Chrome will export your bookmarks as a HTML file.

Manage your bookmarks

Use the bookmark manager (Ctrl+Shift+B) to get your bookmarks and folders organized. Here are a few pointers on using the bookmark manager:

• Search bookmarks
  Use the search box at the top to quickly locate a bookmark within the manager.
• Browse bookmarks
  Click the folders on the left side to quickly browse the bookmarks contained in each folder.
• Move bookmarks or folders around
  Simply click the item you want to move and drag it to its new destination within the folder list on the left.
• Edit the name or web address of a bookmark, or a folder name
  Select the item you’d like edit, click the Organize menu, then select Edit. You can also easily edit bookmarks and folders from the bookmarks bar by right-clicking the item in question and selecting Edit.
• Add a new bookmark folder
  In the folder list on the left, right-click the location where you want the new folder to reside and select Add folder
• Delete a bookmark or folder
  Right-click the item and select Delete.

Organization tips

Choose a logical bookmark location

When you first click the star icon to create a bookmark, remember to select a folder location for it by using the drop-down menu in the bookmark bubble that appears. The five most recently used bookmark folders appear in the menu. If the folder you want to use doesn’t appear as an option, select Choose another folder to open the ‘Edit Bookmark’ dialog box.

Reorder items on the bookmarks bar

To move a bookmark or bookmark folder, click the item on the bookmarks bar and drag it to its new location.

Clean up unused bookmarks

If you don’t need a bookmarked webpage anymore, you can delete the bookmark. Or file it in the ‘Other bookmarks’ folder at the end of the bookmarks bar if you want to keep the bookmark around, but out of sight.

Import browser settings

During installation, Google Chrome can copy your browsing history, saved websites, and passwords from your default browser. You can also manually import settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer at any time. Follow these steps:

1. Close any other browsers that you’re running.
2. Open Google Chrome.
3. Click the Tools menu.
4. Select Import bookmarks & settings.
5. Select the browser from which you’d like to import data from the drop-down menu at the top.
6. Make sure only the checkboxes for items you want to import are selected:
   • Favorites/Bookmarks
     Webpages you’ve saved in the selected browser. After importing they’ll appear in the ‘Other bookmarks’ folder at the end of the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).Want to import bookmarks from another browser besides Firefox or Internet Explorer?
   • Search engines
     Alternative search options that you’ve saved in the selected browser.
   • Saved passwords
     Passwords stored in the browser you’ve chosen for websites you’ve visited.
   • Browsing history
     A list of all the websites you’ve visited while using the selected browser.
7. Click the Import button.

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Downloading a file

When you download a file from a website, the downloads bar appears at the bottom of the tab where you can monitor the progress of your downloading file. The file button indicates the size of the download and the amount of time remaining until the completion of the download. An arrow appears in the tab to signify a download in progress.

If you’re downloading an executable file (such as files with .exe, .dll, or .bat extensions), you’ll first have to accept the download by clicking the Save button that appears in the file button on the downloads bar. This step helps prevent malicious software from automatically downloading to your computer. If you’re not sure about the contents of the download, click the Discard button instead. Unsaved downloads are deleted when you exit Google Chrome.

Pause or cancel a download in progress

To pause a download without canceling it, go to the Downloads page (Ctrl+J) and click the Pause link next to the download.
To cancel a download completely, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Cancel.
Open a downloaded file

After the file’s download is completed, click the file button in the downloads bar. You can also click this button while the download is in progress so the file opens as soon as it’s downloaded. The file’s now listed as the newest link on your Downloads page.

To make sure that files of its type always open immediately after they’re done downloading, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Always open files of this type.

To open the folder on your computer containing the downloaded file, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Show in folder.

Move a download on your computer

Copy a downloaded file to a different folder on your computer by dragging its button from the downloads bar to the desired folder window that’s open on your computer.

Customize your download location settings to download files to the same folder every time or specify a different location for each download.

Find downloaded files

The Downloads page displays a chronological list of all your files downloaded during the past four weeks. To open the Downloads page:

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Downloads.

To quickly locate a specific file, even those downloaded more than four weeks ago, type part of the file name or original web address in the search box at the top of the page and click the Search downloads button. To return to the full list of downloads, click the Downloads link above the search box.

File icons help you quickly identify the file type of each file. The URL in green displayed under each file name tells you the original download location. Click the filename to link to open it or click the adjacent Show in folder link to open the folder that contained your file when it was initially downloaded.

Right-click the file for the following options:

• Copy file: You can paste the file onto your computer desktop or folder.
• Copy file path: Copy the address of the folder on your computer (also known as the file path) that initially contained your file after it was downloaded.
• Copy link address: Copy the web address location for the download (in green).

Clear download history

You can remove some or all your downloads from the download list maintained by Google Chrome.

Remove a specific download

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Downloads. (You can also try the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J.)
3. On the Downloads page, right-click the downloaded file you’d like to remove from the list and select Remove.

Clear downloads from a longer period of time

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Clear browsing data.
3. In the ‘Clear Browsing Data’ dialog box, select the ‘Clear download history’ checkbox. By default, Google Chrome only clears information collected in the last 24 hours. If you want to clear browsing information from a longer period of time, use the ‘Clear data from this period’ drop-down menu. To wipe out all the listings on the Downloads page, select the Everything option.
4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.

File auto-opening settings

Set file types to auto-open

Downloading files appear in the downloads bar at the bottom of your tab. Click the menu arrow next to your downloaded file button, then select Always open files of this type.

Alternatively, scan the file icons on the Downloads page (Ctrl+J) for the file type you wish to auto-open. Right-click one of your downloaded files of that particular file type and select  

Always open files of this type.

Clear auto-opening settings

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Under the Hood tab.
4. In the ‘General’ section, click the Clear auto-opening settings button. 
   This clears all of your settings for all file types.
5. Click the Close button.

Default download location

By default, Google Chrome sets your download location to \Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\Downloads.

You can choose a different default download location or select a specific location for each download. To set your preferences, follow these steps:

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Minor Tweaks tab.
4. To set a default location for every download, click the Browse button in the ‘Download location’ section and select where you’d like your files to be saved. If you’d rather choose a specific location for each download, select the ‘Ask where to save each file before downloading’ checkbox.
5. Click the Close button.

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Selecting your preferred Google search engine

If you’re using Google.com search as your default search engine in the address bar and you’re outside the United States, you may notice that the Google search engine is from a country-specific site (e.g. http://www.google.co.uk in the UK) rather than http://www.google.com. Google uses your computer’s IP address and cookies to determine your location and the corresponding Google search engine to use. If you’d rather use regular Google web search in your address bar, follow these steps:

1. Go to http://www.google.com. If you’re redirected to a country-specific site, click the Google.com in English link that’s usually located at the bottom of the local Google site.
2. Perform a search. This action will save your preference for using the regular Google web search engine in a cookie.
3. Close all your Google Chrome windows to exit the browser completely.
4. Open a new Google Chrome window.

The Google Chrome address bar should now be set to use the regular Google.com search as your search engine.

Find search engine URL

When adding or editing a search engine option, you need to set the search engine’s URL, in addition to its keyword and name. To determine the URL for a search engine, follow these steps:

1. Go to the search engine you want to add as a search engine option and do a search.
2. Copy and paste the URL of the search results page into the URL field in the ‘Search Engines’ dialog box. 
   Keep in mind that the URL for the search results page is slightly different from the website URL. For example, while you’d go to http://www.google.com to access Google, the URL you’ll add here is from the search results page, http://www.google.com/search?q=cucumbers (assuming you did a search for the term ‘cucumbers’).
3. Replace your search term(s) with ‘%s’ in the URL. When you type a search query in the address bar, the query will automatically be inserted in place of ‘%s.’ For example, with the URL http://www.google.com/search?q=%s, typing ‘coffee’ in the address bar will automatically bring up Google search results for ‘coffee’ by opening the URL http://www.google.com/search?q=coffee.

Remove search engine options

Google Chrome automatically saves a list of the search engines you’ve encountered while browsing the Internet. If a particular search engine doesn’t prove useful, you can manually remove a search engine from the list.

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Basics tab.
4. Click the Manage button to open the ‘Search Engines’ dialog box.
5. Select the search engine from the list.
6. Click the Remove button.
7. Click the Close buttons for the ‘Search Engines’ and ‘Google Chrome Options’ dialog boxes when you’re done.

Add or edit search engine options

Google Chrome automatically saves a list of the search engines you’ve encountered while browsing the Internet. For example, if you visit http://www.youtube.com, the browser auto-detects and adds the YouTube search engine to your list of search engines, in case you want to quickly search YouTube later on, after you leave the website.

To add or edit your search engine options, first open the ‘Search Engines’ dialog box:

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Basics tab.
4. Click the Manage button in the ‘Default search’ section.

To add a new search engine, click the Add button. To edit an existing search engine, select the search engine and click the Edit button. Provide the following information:

• Name: Nickname for the search engine.
• Keyword: This field is optional. Fill out this field if you want to create a text shortcut for the search engine.
• URL: Type the URL for the search engine into this field.

Click the Close buttons for the ‘Search Engines’ and ‘Google Chrome Options’ dialog boxes after you’re done. Now you can type the search engine’s keyword in the address bar followed by your search query to quickly perform the search on the search engine.

 Find in page

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+F

To find specific words or terms on any webpage, follow these steps to open the find box.

1. Click the Page menu.
2. Select Find in page.
3. Type in your query.
4. Press Enter on your keyboard.

Google Chrome automatically searches the webpage as you type your query, highlighting potential matches in yellow. The total number of matches is displayed within the find box. Click the arrows at the end of the bar to quickly jump between different search matches (or try various keyboard shortcuts). The specific match is highlighted in orange, to distinguish it from other matches on the page.

Search your history, bookmarks, and downloads

Use the search boxes on the top of your History page (Ctrl+H), Downloads page (Ctrl+J), and bookmark manager (Ctrl+Shift+B) to quickly locate items in your web history and bookmarks.

• Search your browsing history
  Search the full-text of the webpages you’ve visited using Google Chrome, stored in your History page. (Note: The History page doesn’t store pages from secure websites, those you’ve visited in incognito mode, or those you deleted from your browsing history.) You can even view thumbnails of webpages you’ve seen in the search results. Matches to your browsing history also automatically appear whenever you start typing in the address bar. Click the History link above the search boxes to return to a full list.
• Search your downloads
  Search the file names and URL sources of all your downloads, recorded in your Downloads page. The icon next to each download lets you quickly identify its file type. Click the Downloads link above the search boxes to return to a full list.
• Search your bookmarks
  Search for the full titles of your bookmarks and see their exact URLs and the folder they’re filed in. Results show up as you enter your search term in the search box.

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Browse

Auto-suggestions

Google Chrome can automatically suggest related queries, matches from your browsing history, and popular websites based on your address bar input. For example, typing ‘new york times’ in the address bar could bring up ‘http://www.nytimes.com’ as a suggested web destination or the suggested search query ‘new york times best seller list.’

Google Suggest is the default service used for displaying auto-suggestions in the address bar, unless your default search engine uses an alternate suggestion functionality service.

This feature is turned on by default. To turn off this feature, follow these steps:

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Under the Hood tab and find the ‘Privacy’ section.
4. Deselect the ‘Use a suggestion service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar’ checkbox.
5. Click Close .

Tabbed browsing

Tabs in Google Chrome sit on top of the browser toolbar, so you can easily switch between multiple websites within one browser window. Each tab contains the webpage’s icon and name to let you quickly identify a tab’s website at a glance. Besides the tips listed below, you can take advantage of many keyboard shortcuts to work with Google Chrome windows and tabs.

Opening new tabs

• Click the plus icon next to the last tab. The new tab is automatically placed as the last tab to the right.
• If you click a link that opens in a new tab from an existing tab, the new tab is positioned next to the tab you’re currently in so that related tabs are grouped together. To force a link to open in a new tab when you click it, press Ctrl on your keyboard when you click the link.
• To open the same website in a new tab in the same window, right-click the tab and select Duplicate.

Understanding various icons that appear in the tab

• When you load a webpage in a tab, a slow-spinning gray circle on the tab lets you know that Google Chrome is connecting to the website. The circle turns blue and spins faster once loading is in progress. Once the webpage is completely loaded, the icon changes to the website’s graphic.
• When you download a file, an arrow appears on the tab to signify a download in progress.

Revisiting webpages in your tab history

• Use the forward and backward arrows  on the browser toolbar to go to webpages you just visited in the tab.
• Click and hold either of the arrows to see a drop-down menu of more webpages from your current browsing session.

Select Show Full History to access the History page, where you can view all the webpages you’ve ever visited while using Google Chrome in standard mode.

Reloading webpages

• Click the circular button on the browser toolbar to refresh a webpage and see its latest content.

Moving tabs around

Tabs are really flexible in Google Chrome to let you arrange your websites the way you want them. You can rearrange the order of tabs within your browser window, or drag them out into new windows.

• To change the order of the tabs above the browser toolbar, simply click the tab you wish to relocate and drag it to its new location.
• To move a tab into a new window, simply click and drag the desired tab out of the browser window. If successful, you see a thumbnail of the tab that you are moving.
• To move it to a different window, drag the tab from its original window to the top tab bar in its destination window. The tab should pop in automatically.

Resizing tabs

You can use docking positions to quickly resize your browser window. Drag a tab to pre-defined locations on your computer monitor or browser window. When the docking icon appears, release the mouse over the icon to have the tab snap to the docking position.

Closing tabs

• The easiest way to close a tab is to click the x icon in the tab (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+W).
• Tabs and applications operate independently, so if one tab malfunctions and crashes, it doesn’t affect non-related webpages opened in other tabs or the overall responsiveness of Google Chrome. Learn how to force a tab or window to close.
• Alternatively, right-click a tab to see more options:
  • Close other tabs: Close all tabs except the tab that you’ve right-clicked.
  • Close tabs to the right.
  • Close tabs opened by this tab: If you click a link that opens in a new tab, those two tabs are now associated. Selecting this option close all associated tabs, but leaves the original tab open.
• Closing the last tab open closes the window

Find previously visited sites

There are several ways to find websites you’ve visited before. Click a link below to get more details about each method.

Find websites from your current browsing session
Use the forward and backward arrows on the browser toolbar to go to webpages you just visited.
Click and hold either of the arrows to see a drop-down menu of more webpages from your current browsing session. Select Show Full History to access the History page, where you can view all the webpages you’ve ever visited while using Google Chrome in standard mode.
Reload a webpage by clicking the circular button next to the arrows on the browser toolbar.
Retrieve visited web addresses

Don’t work so hard to remember web addresses. Start typing parts of a web address in the address bar and it automatically searches your browsing history for matches. Relevant results shows up in the address bar drop-down menu.

Browse timeline of visited websites

To see a chronological list of websites you’ve ever visited in the last four weeks and when you last visited them, open the History page. (Note: The History page doesn’t store pages from secure websites, those you’ve visited in incognito mode, or those you deleted from your browsing history.)

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select History.

You can search the text of all the webpages in your entire browsing history, even those that are more than four-weeks old. Type your query in the search box at the top of the page and click the Search history button. Search results display image thumbnails of those webpages for easy scanning. To return to your full History list, click the History link above the search box.

See frequently visited websites

Last but not least, the New Tab page keeps track of the websites you visit the most, complete with image thumbnails. Click the + icon next to your last tab to open a new tab.

Clear browsing history

You can clear your browsing history for a specific day or for a longer period of time.

Clearing your browsing history specifically deletes the following:

• URLs of webpages you visited from the History page
• Cached text of those webpages
• Snapshots of those webpages for thumbnails
• IP addresses that were pre-fetched from those webpages

It does not clear cookies set by those pages or your download history.

Clear history for a specific day

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select History.
3. Scroll to the earliest time recorded for the day that you wish to clear and click the Delete history for this day link at the right.

Clear history from a longer period of time

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Clear browsing data.
3. In the ‘Clear Browsing Data’ dialog box, select the ‘Clear browsing history’ checkbox.By default, Google Chrome clears only information collected in the last 24 hours. If you want to clear browsing information from a longer period of time, use the ‘Clear data from this period’ drop-down menu. To wipe out your whole browsing history, select the Everything option.
4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.

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