Google Chrome is Google's web browser. At the time of writing this article, Google Chrome has a market share of approximately 66 percent. Google Chrome is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android and contains many features that make using the browser pleasant for the user.
However, because Google Chrome contains so much functionality, there are of course also errors in Google Chrome and these errors can cause Google Chrome to crash. In this article I focus on problems with Google Chrome for Mac, some of these tips can also be performed in Chrome for Windows.
Google Chrome is known for its many features, however, This functionality also consumes a lot of Mac memory computer. This can slow down your Mac computer considerably, especially on older Mac computers. The battery in your Mac can also run out faster.
A number of issues can occur in Google Chrome if too many new tabs are opened. Every web page opened in Google Chrome consumes computer memory, YouTube and Gmail in particular are heavy users.
Browser extensions are also often a problem in Google Chrome. Extensions are intended to add functionality to the Chrome browser However, poorly programmed extensions can also cause problems in Chrome such as crashes or websites that do not load completely.
In this instruction you will find a number of solutions that can help you if Google Chrome crashes regularly.
Google Chrome for Mac crashes
Free up disk space
A common one problem on Mac computers is when a program crashes due to insufficient disk space. Google Chrome in particular is used a lot temporary files to load websites faster. If your Mac has little disk space Google Chrome is slow with this the website will not load properly and will eventually crash.
Read here how to get your Clean up your Mac and make it faster.
Delete temporary files
Google Chrome keeps many temporary files such as cookies and site settings. I recommend that you regularly delete these temporary files in Google Chrome. Please note, if you delete cookies, you will have to log in to websites again if you had enabled automatic login.
In the address bar of Google Chrome on your Mac type: chrome: // settings / clearBrowserData
Click on the Basic tab and set the period to All. Click the options you want to clear from Google Chrome and click Clear data.
Check browser extensions
If Google Chrome is crashing, I recommend checking the installed browser extensions. If necessary, disable all extensions and try again without any extensions enabled. If you no longer experience problems with Google Chrome, you know that the disabled extension(s) is causing the problem.
In the address bar of Google Chrome on your Mac type: chrome: // extensions
Click the blue button to disable the extension. This does not remove the extension, but temporarily disables it.
If you have a extension you want to remove click on…Yes, the delete button. I recommend not installing too many and only the browser extensions that are necessary for you Google Chrome. Extensions slow down Google Chrome significantly and often cause problems.
Disable hardware acceleration
If Google Chrome often freezes for no reason, you can try to solve the problem by disabling hardware acceleration.
In the address bar of Google Chrome type: chrome://settings/?search=hardware
Click on the blue button next to “Hardwareuse acceleration if available”.
Important to know. If you disable hardware acceleration, watching videos on YouTube, Netflix, etc. becomes virtually impossible.
Reinstall Google Chrome
It may be a rigorous approach, but reinstalling Google Chrome can solve many problems.
First, open a new browser such as Safari. Copy and paste the URL of this article and open it in Safari. You need to close Google Chrome and delete files. If Google Chrome is open on this page, it will not work.
Open Finder. Click on Apps in the left menu. Find Google Chrome and right-click on Google Chrome, choose Move to Trash.
Open Finder again. At the top of the menu bar, click Go and then Go to folder. In the type field: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/
Select all folders and files in the “Chrome” folder and right-click. In the menu choose, Moved to Trash.
Go to Google.com/chrome download Google Chrome and reinstall. Sync your Google account and Google Chrome is reinstalled.
I hope this helped you. Thanks for reading!