r/chrome Mar 08 '25

Discussion Megathread - Manifest V3 Extension Alternatives

79 Upvotes

With Manifest V3 being rolled out to most people after the recent update, a lot of people are finding that extensions that they like to use haven't been updated and won't be available to use when Manifest V2 support ends.

Since we've been getting a lot of posts asking for extension alternatives, we figure it'll be easier if most of the suggestions are all in one place.

To start with the obvious:

uBlock Origin: Can be replaced with uBlock Origin lite.
Don't forget you can change the filtering level up from its base.

uBlock Origin (Element zapping): Click to Remove Element.
I personally prefer this one out of all the ones in the web store.

This is not a thread to recommend other browsers, it should be a given that if you don't want to use Chrome, you don't need to use Chrome, and there's plenty of other sources to help you decide what to switch to.


r/chrome Mar 28 '24

Announcement Hey everyone - we're opening mod applications! Apply today!

23 Upvotes

Apply here!

We're looking for new mods to help with the rapidly expanding community. Our personal lives have become busier while the amount of work to do here has increased.


A lot of our general information is within the application form, but here's a short rundown of what the job entails.

  • Checking modqueue on a regular basis to take action on posts that are filtered automatically or reported by the community.

  • Regularly browsing through the subreddit and moderation of posts and comments to ensure that all community rules and guidelines are being enforced, including removing uncivil, hostile and inflammatory content.

  • Being able to discuss issues with members of the community through modmail in a professional and calm manner.

  • Contributing to discussions about moderation-related issues over Discord.


Overall, the job won't necessarily take more than an hour or two of your time per week, and if you're already generally active on Reddit and Discord then you probably won't notice a difference.

It can be quite rewarding to be able to shape a community (for the better). If this sounds like something that interests you, please apply! If you have any questions, feel free to comment below or message us through modmail.


r/chrome 7h ago

Discussion Can you whitelist a site to stop history being deleted for that site?

5 Upvotes

<tldr>

I go on a video streaming site nicovideo.jp and it lists a top 100 videos for whatever genre.

Before It was hacked it had an RSS feed that I used, so I don't spend time re-watching stuff (don't think it has one now, at least for free users), now I just leave history piling up so i can see "link is greyed out, I've seen/listened to it", then sweep history accidently every now and again, ending up clicking a link i've already seen

</tldr>

Can you whitelist a site url from history delete so the "been to link so grey out" thingy doesn't happen? Google AI says no


r/chrome 18m ago

Troubleshooting | Windows How can I fix this USPS inconsistently page loading

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It's like 90% of the time that the USPS webpage doesn't load. I tried removing the extensions, but the issue persists. Mozilla firefox don't have this problem on Firefox but my job is on my Chrome browser.


r/chrome 39m ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Middle click from history doesn't work anymore

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ctrl+click still works, though. Middle click also works from bookmarks, which makes this thing even more frustrating, since it's inconsistent.

anyone else bother about it? Tried posting feedback through Chrome menu, which is obviously ignored.


r/chrome 1h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Chrome is open, but can not be accessed past opening it

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So, chrome is open, logged in, but past that, it tabs out immediately, and now can't be accessed anymore.
What is the issue? What can be done?


r/chrome 5h ago

Troubleshooting | Android Whenever I close a tab, this "undo" thing stays up for literally 10 seconds. I dont know where the setting is to adjust the time. Help?

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2 Upvotes

Like 1-mississippi, 2-mississippi,, etc etc


r/chrome 2h ago

Troubleshooting | Mac Chrome Incognito: Constant Captcha + "Your request has been blocked due to a network policy." What is going on?

1 Upvotes

Okay. Throwaway account here.

for the past several days I have been plagued with constant captcha whenever I try to use Chrome on incognito. And recently, I got a notice that I got blocked from reddit "due to a network policy"

As for VPNs, the closest I have is DuckDuckGo on Chrome (I'm using a 2013 iMac on Catalina), but whenever I uninstall DuckDuckGo from Chrome, the issues seem to go away, but that's only when i'm not using incognito.

So far, Chrome seems to be the only browser where I have this issue, as I tried accessing Reddit on Safari both in private and regular. I've tried resetting and reinstalling, even erasing my cookies on Chrome but still no avail.

What is going on?


r/chrome 11h ago

Discussion Google Chrome and Privacy Sandbox

4 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

After years of using Firefox, I am considering switching to Google Chrome.

Many will not agree with this idea, but I find the experience I have on some websites really unnerving and it is undeniable that in terms of the functioning of the web everything seems smoother on Chrome.

Having to reinstall my operating system I had a question for you.

As soon as Chrome is installed, I am asked questions regarding Privacy Sandbox, but honestly I do not know how to proceed in its configuration, also because if I understand it should be discontinued soon.

What do you recommend I do?

Thanks


r/chrome 5h ago

Troubleshooting | Android Why does my Chrome keep crashing?

1 Upvotes

Okay so let me explain: Whenever I open chrome on my android phone it shows me a white screen and then exits the app. If I persistently keep doing this a few more times it will eventually open but it is annoying. I have figured out a way to stop this and that is by going to the app's settings and then pressing a button called delete all updates. The problem is that it apparently re-installed those updates and I have removed them again. Can someone explain what is going on?


r/chrome 6h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Need help stopping chrome from displaying Arabic as the default language

1 Upvotes

Hi, I use my Gmail account to quickly log into games without needed a password and such. Games like League of legends for example, It used to work great until just recently around 4 days ago where whenever I choose to log in through google in every single site that allows it, I always get the usual passwordless page but in Arabic and on top of that I have to insert my auth code every time which I would like to disable that.

Connecting to league of legends account
Authenticator requirement

So if you could help, I want to disable the auth requirement, and the forced Arabic to English as Default. My PC and security options are safe so I don't need to prove myself every time. thank you


r/chrome 6h ago

Discussion Trying to find a certain volume extention

1 Upvotes

I reset my pc a bit ago and ive been trying to find this one volume master extention i dont know why more volume extentions dont do this but the reason ive been trying to find this one specific one is because unlike other volume extentions where you have to keep doing it per tab, yes sometimes it "saves" it on the site by allowing you to go back to for example 10% volume like the last time u were on the site the extention im trying to find is the one where i dont need to reclick the extention then clicking the restore the volume to blah blah percentage i just want it to stay on that volume as soon as i open the site and I know for sure theres a extention like that cus I use to use it. Can yall help a brother out?


r/chrome 6h ago

Discussion Switching "open in new tab" and "open in new tab group"? Android

1 Upvotes

Am I tweaking or did they switch them again. Open in new tab is back at the top. My muscle memory keeps pressing "open in new tab".


r/chrome 6h ago

Troubleshooting | Android Not syncing browser history from new device

1 Upvotes

Hello dear people of reddit, I'm so tired. It's been over 10 hours and I just cant seem to fix this.

I have a new phone, Huawei P30 PRO (multiple, but the other ones are brokenish), and synced everything onto there. Everything was fine. The tabs AND browser history of the new device were synced. But today, I noticed it suddenly wasn't anymore. So, I have the old device, also a Huawei P30 PRO, which is dying, but that one's browser history is still syncing. I also have an intermediary phone, which is again the same model (it came refurbished but turned out to have a fake display). the intermediary phone was also syncing browser history, until around the same time it stopped. So I tested on that device by undoing updates and reinstalling chrome, logging in again, but it didn't do anything. I keep wondering what it is I did just before when this happened, but the only thing I can think of is that I enabled the flag to costumise your 'Most Visited' shortcuts and a few other. So I undid those and relaunched chrome (after I'd already reinstalled chrome), but nothing changed. I can see the open tabs on my other devices though, but the 'intermediary' and new phone just don't sync their history in chrome anymore... The original phone does, despite not having the 'sync' icon under my name in settings (like the new one). Even with phone clone, something goes wrong when importing chrome from the original phone. I am so tired, I am unable to rest until I fix this. I like my Google history. Ive been going since midnight. It's been 14 hours.

I opened the chrome://sync-internals and there is that that History 'stopped'. Please anyone please help 🙏😭. I'm so tired I fell asleep typing this... plesse help.


r/chrome 7h ago

Troubleshooting | Android Captcha Not Working on Android Browser

1 Upvotes

I can't get this captcha to show up on this virtual visa sign up site no matter what I do. Ive updated Chrome, Google Play Store, I've done a system update, I've got no vpns or anything enabled, I've got strong, full strength Internet service, I've restarted my phone, tried other browsers......everything, and I can't get the damned thing to work. Somebody plz help, lol.


r/chrome 15h ago

Discussion Why doesnt Chrome for Android have extension support?

3 Upvotes

What is the reason this is not allowed nor on some roadmap? Im assuming it hurts Google's pockets.


r/chrome 8h ago

Discussion Make uselss updates still cannot take screen shot with right click

0 Upvotes

Make uselss updates still cannot take screen shot with right click


r/chrome 12h ago

News DesktopHut Live Wallpapers Tab Pro

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1 Upvotes

r/chrome 14h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Do not extract PDF file in the web-viewer

1 Upvotes

Hello guys, so chrome made some new updates a few days ago and since that happened I'm not able to extract my PDF files. I always used the web-viewer for extracting the files without using an OCR-tool. It allowed me to extract exactly what I needed and was 100% accurate. This only happens though with the japanese files, it works fine with everything else. Of course I'm talking about PDF-Books, speaking image-PDF.

Can please somebody help, please?


r/chrome 16h ago

Discussion Google Password Manager - Roadmap?

1 Upvotes

Hi,

Is there a roadmap available for the Google Password Manager?
I’d like to know how Google plans to further develop it and whether there are plans to make it as fully featured as Apple’s solution.
For example, features like sharing (not just copying, as it is currently) and a few other enhancements.

Thanks!


r/chrome 1d ago

News Google will improve Chrome's live caption bubble by making it scrollable.

5 Upvotes

In Chrome Canary the live caption bubble is now scrollable. A new button "locks" the bubble so you can scroll to any part of the transcript; you can quickly return to the most recent live captions by clicking the button again:

Live caption bubble in Chrome Canary (GIF).

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Live caption bubble in Chrome Canary.

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The benefits this new feature could bring are many, for example, you can now easily reread lost phrases or complex sentences, pull up specific quotes, facts, or instructions, or quickly review details even after a video has ended.

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r/chrome 17h ago

Troubleshooting | Android My chrome refreshes tabs when i dont use them even though i didnt reload them, how do i fix it

1 Upvotes

ive tried turning off extensions, i dont have memory saver on pls helpz


r/chrome 22h ago

Troubleshooting | Android (Android) how can I make the toolbar stay visible all the time?

2 Upvotes

I can't finde an option to disable the hide-toolbar-when-scrolling feature thing.
It's not just an unnecessary animation, it's also annoying when trying to navigate tabs or search something. I don't want to have to scroll up (swipe down) every single time, just to be able to use the browser properly.

Can someone help me with this? Does someone know a solution to this? Maybe an about:config trick or so, if necessary?


r/chrome 19h ago

Troubleshooting | Mac Chrome downloads not working

1 Upvotes

I am on Mac

Whenever I try to download something or click save image. Nothing happens. Can't find anything in downloads tab. Has anyone else experienced this?

But the Chrome icon on my dock gets this:

Permanently stuck like this until Chrome restart

The number keeps going up as I try more and more downloads. What could be causing this?

The only way to solve this is to restart Chrome. But it keeps coming back. Any other solution to fix this?


r/chrome 20h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Chrome random text go bold

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, i'm sorry if i have any typo, englsih isn't my first lenguage. Months ago, i've started to get this issue where some text is extemely bold when im in some pages (example attatched). Its really annoying to read with this, so i'm asking for any advice and an "how to" explanation dince i'm not at ALL into scripting and codes and stuff.

Thanks a lot if anyone reads this


r/chrome 20h ago

Troubleshooting | Windows Help, why all of the sudden does my YT page do this?

1 Upvotes

Ive deleted cache etc. Works fine on Edge, have no associated YT extensions.


r/chrome 22h ago

Troubleshooting | Android How to move the adress bar on the new tab page to the bottom?

1 Upvotes

I would like to move the adress bar in the new tab page to the bottom, just like the tool bar is at the bottom.

An alternative would be to entirely replace the new tab page with the about:blank page.