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Chrome Offline Installer

Chrome Offline Installer

The standard Chrome installer is a small “stub” that downloads the rest of the browser from Google during setup. The offline installer (also called the standalone installer) is the full installation file in one piece. Use it when you cannot rely on internet during install, or when you need to push Chrome to many machines.

Download the Offline Installer

Every link below goes straight to Google’s own download servers (dl.google.com) and always serves the current stable release. The file names never change, so the same link keeps working after each Chrome update.

Windows (.exe)

Windows (.msi, for IT deployment)

Mac

Linux

The Windows files are roughly 160 to 175 MB each, the Mac DMG is about 280 MB, and the Linux packages are about 140 MB.

Google’s own download page also offers the Windows offline installer, with a choice between installing for the current user only (google.com/chrome/?standalone=1, no admin needed) and for all users (google.com/chrome/?standalone=1&system=true, requires admin). The MSI bundle with policy templates is on the Chrome Enterprise download page.

When to Use the Offline Installer

  • Installing Chrome on a computer with no internet access
  • Installing Chrome on many machines without re-downloading each time
  • Slow, unreliable, or metered connections where the stub installer keeps failing
  • Corporate networks that block downloads from dl.google.com
  • Building Windows imaging baselines or kiosk machines

How to Use the Offline Installer

  1. On a computer with internet access, download the offline installer using one of the links above
  2. Copy the .exe (or .msi) to a USB drive, network share, or your imaging tool
  3. Run the installer on the target computer. It will not need to fetch anything from Google during install.
  4. Chrome launches and offers to import bookmarks and passwords as usual

Per-User vs All-Users Install

The standard download installs Chrome to C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome, only for the user who runs the installer. The all-users version installs to C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome and is available to every account on the PC. Pick the all-users version for shared family computers, lab machines, or any deployment where you need a single managed install.

Mac and Linux Installers Are Already Offline

The standard Mac DMG and the Linux .deb / .rpm packages are full installers. They contain the entire browser and do not download anything during install. Download once on a connected machine using the Mac or Linux links above, copy the file across, and install as normal. See Chrome for Mac and Chrome for Linux for the install steps.

Verify the Download

Google signs every Chrome installer, so the quickest check is the digital signature. In Windows PowerShell:

Get-AuthenticodeSignature .\ChromeStandaloneSetup64.exe | Format-List Status, SignerCertificate

The status should be Valid and the signer should be Google LLC. You can see the same thing by right-clicking the file, choosing Properties, and opening the Digital Signatures tab. If the signature is missing or invalid, delete the file and download it again from the links above.

To confirm that a copy on a USB drive or network share matches the file you downloaded, compare SHA-256 hashes. On Windows:

Get-FileHash .\ChromeStandaloneSetup64.exe -Algorithm SHA256

On macOS or Linux:

shasum -a 256 googlechrome.dmg
sha256sum google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

The two hashes should be identical. The hash changes with every Chrome release, so compare copies of the same download, not files fetched on different days.

Silent Install for Mass Deployment

The MSI installer supports standard Windows Installer command-line switches. A typical silent deployment looks like this:

msiexec /i googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi /qn /norestart

Use this with Group Policy, SCCM, Intune, PDQ Deploy, or any other software distribution tool. The Chrome Enterprise documentation covers ADMX templates for managing settings after install.

Update Behaviour

Chrome installed from the offline installer behaves exactly the same as the regular install: it updates itself in the background through Google Update. You only need the offline installer for the initial deployment. See our update guide for managing updates across a fleet.

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