Reset all Google Chrome settings on Ubuntu

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I enabled some experimental features in Chrome (using the about:flags page), and I'm trying to reinstall it completely (since it has begun to malfunction in various ways - for example, flash applets and extensions are no longer working.) Is there any way to completely reset Google Chrome on Ubuntu, so that all default settings are restored?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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A general answer to that can be found in the link below, this should be closed as duplicate.

What is the correct way to completely remove an application?

Basically

apt-get purge package
apt-get install package

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Feb 04 '13 at 23:25

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score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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I think this works without removing all the program. Create new profile (User) like this.

Than delete the old/default one.

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answered Feb 04 '13 at 23:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '17 at 01:47

That was interesting! After a routine updating in Ubuntu 14.04, Chrome would only try to start showing the first window, and after a few seconds would just disappear. I opened xfe in superuser mode (sudo xfe) and I went to the home/user/.config and searched for the file corresponding to google, (google-chrome). Changed the name of that file, (just in case I needed it again), and magically, now Chrome has no problem running. Chrome managed to reconstruct the google-chrome, end even kept my bookmarks, etc.

Reset all Google Chrome settings on Ubuntu

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