If you want to automatically clear Chrome’s browsing data on exit, here’s how. You can automatically clear Chrome’s browsing data on exit through Chrome’s Settings panel, or you can configure things using the Local Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor. Not only browsing data, but you can also delete download history, cookies, site data, cache, passwords, site settings, hosted apps data, etc. help of this guide.
How to Automatically Clear Chrome Browsing Data on Exit
To clear download history, cookies, site data, cache, passwords, site settings, hosted apps data, etc. in Google Chrome:
- Launch Chrome > Click on the 3 dots to open Settings
- Select security and privacy settings
- Click on Cookies and Site Data
- Enable Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows
- Restart the Chrome browser.
Automatically delete Chrome browsing data on exit using Group Policy Editor
To use the Local Group Policy Editor method, you need to download and install the Google Chrome Group Policy Template. To automatically clear browsing data from Chrome on exit using the Group Policy setting, follow these steps:
- hurry Win + R to open the Run prompt.
- Type gpedit.msc and press the Enter button.
- Go to Google Chrome in Setting up a computer.
- Double click on the Clear browsing data on exit setting.
- Choose the Enabled option.
- Click it To show button.
- Enter the settings you want to delete.
- Click it Okay button twice.
To learn more about these steps, keep reading.
At first, you need to open the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. To do this, press Win + Rtype gpedit.mscand press the Enter button.
Then navigate to this path:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Google Chrome
Here you can find a parameter called Clear browsing data on exit. You need to double-click on this parameter and choose the Enabled option.
Then click on the To show and enter the items you want to remove on exit. For example, you can use the following parameters:
- navigation history
- download_history
- cookies_and_other_site_data
- cached_images_and_files
- automatic filling
- password_signin
- site_settings
- hosted_application_data
When finished, click the Okay press the button twice to save the change.
Now you need to restart the Google Chrome browser.
How to Automatically Delete Chrome Browsing Data on Exit Using the Registry
To automatically delete browsing data from Chrome when exiting the registry, follow these steps:
- hurry Win + R to display the Run dialog box.
- Type regedit > press the Enter button > click the Yes button.
- Move towards Strategies in HKLM.
- Right click on Policies > New > Key.
- Name it like google.
- Right click on Google > New > Key.
- Name it like Chromium.
- Right click on Chrome > New > Keyand set the name as ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList.
- Right click on ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList > New > String Value.
- Name it like 1.
- Double click it and set the value data as parameters.
- Repeat these steps to create another String value named 2 and set the value data accordingly.
Let’s see these steps in detail.
First, press Win + R > type regedit > press the Enter button and click the Yes button to open Registry Editor on your computer. Once opened, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPolicies
Right click on Policies > New > Keyand name it like google. Then right click on Google > New > Keyand name it Chromium.
After that, right click on the Chromium key > New > Keyand set the name as ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList.
Then right click on ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList > New > String Valueand name it 1.
Double-click it to set the value data as the aforementioned parameters.
If you want to remove multiple items on output, you need to create multiple string values.
When finished, click the Okay button and restart your computer.
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Can you configure Google Chrome to delete history on exit?
Yes, you can configure Google Chrome to delete history on exit. As mentioned earlier, you cannot do this with the built-in options. However, you can configure things using the Local Group Policy Editor and the Registry Editor. For this, you need to follow the above-mentioned steps.
How to automatically clear browsing data in Chrome?
To automatically clear browsing data in Chrome, you can follow the guides mentioned above. It is possible to delete browsing data from Chrome on exit using REGEDIT and GPEDIT. However, if you follow the GPEDIT method, you must first download and install the Group Policy template.
That’s all! I hope this guide has helped.
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