If you use the Google Chrome browser, you can link a Google account and synchronize data with Google.
Syncing data helps to use personal settings across apps or devices where you log in with the Google account. This way you can synchronize data and settings via Google Chrome.
Google Chrome sync is a feature of the Chrome browser that stores copies of a user's Chrome bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, and browser and extension settings on Google's cloud servers.
This article shows you how to change and manage the data you sync with Google's cloud servers. This allows you to manage what you want to sync by enabling or disabling various settings for syncing.
Change sync settings and data in Google Chrome
As indicated in the accompanying text, you must be logged in to the Google Chrome browser with a Google account. Read here how to get one Create a Google account.
Enable Google Chrome sync
You can enable synchronization by clicking on the profile icon in the menu bar. Then click on “Turn on synchronization” and log in with your Google account details.
After you have logged in, you will see the following message to enable synchronization.
Sync your bookmarks, passwords, history and more across all your devices. Google may use your history to personalize Google search and other Google services. You can always determine in the settings what you want to synchronize.
Click “Yes, Enable” to start synchronization if you have not already done so.
Determine what data you want to sync with Google in the Google Chrome browser
To determine what you want to sync, you need to open the settings. To do this, click on the menu icon in the top right corner. In the menu click on Settings.
In the left menu, click on “You and Google”. You are now in the settings where you can choose different options to manage sync in Google Chrome.
You can disable synchronization in Chrome here by clicking on the “Disable” button. By clicking “Sync & Google services” you can change the data that is synchronized.
There is also a shortcut to “Manage your Google Account” which opens a new window with Google account settings. By clicking “Your Chrome Profile” you can adjust profile settings in Google Chrome, such as the avatar (profile image) and the profile name.
You can also import bookmarks and settings from another browser by clicking “Import bookmarks and settings”.
In this guide, I'll explain how to manage the data for sync. To manage this data such as settings, etc., click on “Synchronization and Google services”.
There are four different links to settings in the sync settings. By clicking “Manage what you sync” you can control what data is sent to Google cloud servers.
“Manage how your browsing history is used to personalize Google Search and more” will take you to a new page on google.com to manage this data.
To view all the data you have already synced, click on “Check your synced data”. You can then view or delete this data here.
Finally, there is an option to adjust the encryption for this data. All synced data on Google cloud servers is encrypted with a key from your Google account. You can change this to your own password phrase if necessary.
Click “Manage what you sync” to adjust Chrome sync information.
By default, synchronization is set to “sync all”. By clicking “Customize synchronization” you can enable or disable certain settings and features of synchronization.
The data that is synchronized within Google Chrome with the Google cloud servers is;
Apps, bookmarks, extensions, browser history, Google Chrome preferences, themes, the reading list, all open tabs, saved passwords, supplemented addresses, payment methods, offers and addresses via Google Pay.
By enabling or disabling each individual data by clicking on the blue slider, you can determine whether this data should be included in the Chrome sync or not.
I hope this has helped you adjust the data synchronization in Google Chrome to your liking. Thank you for reading!
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