Settings and guides that keep your browsing private and your accounts safe. On a computer, Chrome keeps these controls in Settings under Privacy and security, as in Google’s help on Safe Browsing protection levels.
Start here: Privacy settings · Clear browsing data · Check your passwords · Remove a browser hijacker · Incognito mode
Privacy Settings
- Privacy Guide: Chrome’s step-by-step privacy review.
- Privacy checklist: Go through your settings one by one.
- Tighter privacy settings: Stricter options for people who want them.
- Limit tracking: Cut down what is shared about you.
- What data Chrome collects: What is sent to Google and how to control it.
- Do Not Track: What the setting does and does not do.
- Chrome without a Google Account: Browse without signing in.
- Cookies: See, delete and block cookies.
- Site settings and permissions: What each site permission does.
- Manage site permissions: Camera, microphone, location and more.
- Block pop-ups: Turn on the pop-up blocker.
- Incognito vs other private modes: Private browsing in each browser.
Safe Browsing and Protection
- Security habits: Settings and habits that keep you safe.
- Safe Browsing: How Chrome warns you about dangerous sites.
- Enhanced vs Standard protection: The two main Safe Browsing levels.
- Safety Check: Chrome’s check of your security settings.
- Site isolation: How Chrome keeps sites apart.
- The sandbox: How Chrome limits what a page can reach.
- “Not secure” warning: What the warning in the address bar means.
- Online banking: Safer habits for banking in Chrome.
Passwords and Accounts
- Password breach alerts: What to do when Chrome says a password leaked.
- Password generator: Let Chrome suggest a strong password.
- Manage passwords: View, edit and delete saved passwords.
- Import passwords: Bring passwords in from a file or browser.
- Export passwords: Save your passwords to a file, and keep it safe.
- Password managers: Separate password managers and Chrome’s own.
Malware, Scams and Hijacking
- Check for malware: Signs that something unwanted is installed.
- Redirects to unwanted sites: Pages that keep sending you somewhere else.
- Tabs opening by themselves: Can be a sign of unwanted software.
- Search engine keeps changing: When your search engine switches without asking.
- Report a phishing site: Tell Google about a scam page.
Cookies and Ads
- Privacy Sandbox: Background on Google’s Privacy Sandbox project.
- Third-party cookies: How Chrome handles cookies from other sites.
- Cookie banners keep coming back: Why sites keep asking about cookies.
- Privacy extensions: Extensions for tracking and cookies.
- VPN extensions: What VPN extensions do.
Children and Shared Computers
- Parental controls: Limits for children.
- Family Link: Google’s parental controls app.
- Block websites for kids: Keep children away from certain sites.
- Block websites: Stop a site from loading.
- Guest mode: Let someone browse without your data.
Connection Security
- Certificate (SSL) errors: Security certificate warnings on sites.
- ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH: When a site uses security settings Chrome will not accept.
- ERR_SSL_OBSOLETE_VERSION: When a site uses an outdated security protocol.
- WebRTC and your IP address: Calls, and what WebRTC can reveal.
More Guides
- Troubleshooting: fixes for errors, crashes and slow Chrome
- Features: how to use what is built into Chrome
- Extensions: finding, installing and fixing extensions
- Comparisons: Chrome next to other browsers
- DevTools: Chrome’s tools for web developers
- All guides: every page on this site, in one list