Things you may see if you’re Google Chrome browser has been hijacked include unwanted toolbars, your home page changing but you didn’t do it, or you start seeing your search results in a search engine that isn’t Google. RELATED: How to Delete Synced Information in Chrome How to Reset Chrome Settingsįire up Chrome, click the menu icon, and then click “Settings.” Alternatively, you can type chrome://settings/ into the Omnibox to go directly there.Browser hijacking is very real. If you’re looking to wipe your Google account completely, you can use our guide to delete all synced data in Chrome.

Some settings, like fonts, accessibility features, bookmarks, history, and passwords, will remain unaffected.

Extensions and Themes: Will be disabled.

Cookies and Site Data: All will be cleared.

Content Settings: This includes a site’s access to the camera or microphone, notifications, whether to block pop-ups, and so on.

Pinned Tabs: These will unpin and be removed.

New Tab Page: Changes back to the default New Tab page with Google logo, search bar, and thumbnails of most visited sites.

Homepage and Tabs: The Home button-if you’ve enabled it-will disappear and any startup tabs will be cleared.

Default Search Engine: Changes back to Google.

When you reset Chrome to default, a lot of data gets deleted, but not everything. While you’re signed in to your Google account on Chrome, the following settings will revert to the default on all devices you’re currently signed in on:

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