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Quickly Restart Chrome Without Losing Open Tabs

Mitch BartlettAugust 8, 2019 Comments (5)
Chrome Restart Address Bar Header

Sometimes you might need to quickly restart Chrome without losing the tabs you have open. Fortunately, you can do this fast with a little bit of magic they built into the browser.

You can use “chrome://restart” to quickly restart Google Chrome by:

1. Typing in Address Bar

Simply type chrome://restart into the Chrome address bar, then press “Enter“. The browser will close, then restart with tabs intact.


2. Restart Bookmark

Create a bookmark that points to chrome://restart you can use to quickly restart Chrome any time.

  1. Hold “CTRL/Command” and press “D” to bring up the “Edit bookmark” dialog.
  2. Select the “More…” button.
  3. Name the bookmark “Restart” or anything you want. For the URL, put “chrome://restart“.
    Chrome Restart Bookmark

Now you have a bookmark you can select any time you want to restart the Chrome browser without having to lose your tabs or rebooting the entire system.

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Author Mitch Bartlett

Through my career that spans over 20 years I have become an expert in Microsoft Systems Administration, Android, and macOS. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful knowledgebase for everyone.

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Comments

  1. Jacob says:
    April 16, 2022 at 3:51 pm

    On Chrome OS it restarts the whole device

  2. Mr. Brüh says:
    July 23, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    Well, my Incognito tabs mainly but, yëß. So basically, it works for all tabs that are indeed, not in incognito. Unfortunate, i n d e e d.

  3. Mr. Brüh mœMeñT says:
    July 23, 2021 at 10:14 pm

    It does indeed, close tabs when used. El’ heresy, indeed.

  4. Chris Siple says:
    December 19, 2020 at 4:31 pm

    Ha ha, IT’S FROZEN. I can’t type anything in the address bar, or use bookmarks.

  5. Prakash Sharma says:
    February 14, 2020 at 3:01 am

    Legend

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Last Updated on August 8, 2019 by Mitch Bartlett