Speed up Google Chrome

You can make Chrome faster by following these steps.

Step 1: Update Chrome

Chrome works faster when you're on the latest version. Update Google Chrome.

Step 2: Close all inactive tabs

If you open more tabs, Chrome works harder. When you close inactive tabs, you free up your device resources.

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Chrome.
  2. On the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Switch tabs and then Inactive tabs.
    • At the top of the tab grid, you can find your inactive tabs.
  3. At the bottom, tap Close all inactive tabs and then Close all.

Learn how to manage your inactive tabs.

Step 3: Change your preload settings

Chrome makes browsing and searching faster by preloading pages that it thinks you might visit. To do this, Chrome may use cookies if you allow cookies and may encrypt and send pages through Google to hide your identity from sites. Learn more about cookies.

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Chrome.
  2. On the right of the address bar, tap More More and then Settings.
  3. Tap Privacy and security and then Preload pages.
  4. Choose the preload setting that you want.

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