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Bypass Google account verification (FRP) after resetting your smartphone (Hard Reset)

Like any other program, it has certain default settings. They are set taking into account the needs of most users. But there are times when a malicious program penetrates the browser and changes the settings there, installing some unknown extensions and add-ons. Registers scheduled tasks, changes the search engine and much more. What should we do in this case? How to return to previous settings without deleting the browser? Very simple - you just need to reset the settings « Google."

Step-by-step instructions on how to restore Google settings

A warning will open, which will describe exactly what will happen if you restore Google settings, what data will be deleted and what will not. In short, passwords and bookmarks will be saved, but everything that malware could do will be deleted and disabled.

After resetting the settings, you will get an almost new browser only with your bookmarks and saved passwords, which is very convenient.

It is worth paying attention to the point about sending a report to Google Chrome about the operation of your browser. If you check the box, then it is unknown what exactly will be sent to Google. Therefore, it is advisable to uncheck this box.

Detailed description of Google Chrome settings

  • First point - " Entrance", you can manage the synchronization of your data in your Google account. To do this you need to create an account.

  • Next, you can choose what to open when you start the browser - a new tab, previously opened tabs, or a specified page that you can add right there.
  • Change the appearance of your browser and install your favorite theme from the Google store for free. In this section, check or not check the boxes “Always show the bookmarks bar and the “Home” button.” With the items marked, an icon in the form of a house “Home” will appear to the left of the address bar, that is, to the main page. It can also be changed to your page or website.

  • In the “Users” section, you can add or remove a user, import bookmarks and settings from another browser, or from a saved HTML file with bookmarks.

Privacy Settings: Google collects user information

  • In the “Personal Data” - “Content Settings” section, you can change the items and customize them at your discretion. Here you can also clear history, cache and delete cookies.
  • If you don't want to share your information with Google, uncheck the automatic reporting boxes.
  • Check or uncheck the boxes for saving passwords and auto-filling forms.
  • Next, you can set up a proxy server, if you use one, and change the language settings. Check the box “Offer page translations” - this is necessary if you sometimes have to visit foreign resources. Automatic translation is improving every day and now it is already quite good at translating English-language sites.

  • Next, you can specify the path to download files to your computer. Check the box “Always specify the path for downloading files.” Then, every time you download, the browser will open a window to select a partition on your hard drive. Otherwise, the files will be downloaded to the “Downloads” folder on the system drive.
  • Next, you can set up the printer and download accessibility extensions from the Google store.
  • Uncheck “Do not disable running services when closing the browser” and check the “Use hardware acceleration” checkbox.
  • The last point is to reset Google settings or restore default settings.

Extensions for Google Chrome in the Google Store

By switching to the “Extensions” tab, you can configure - enable/disable or delete the default Chrome extensions; you can also go to the store here and download any others. Click on the “More extensions” button.

The basic Google settings have been adjusted, but that’s not all - let’s return to the main page and open the Google Chrome menu again. Here we see a list of browser sections.

A new window can be opened in incognito mode: this mode allows you to leave no traces on your computer, since open pages do not leave history entries or cookies.

Clear cache and history

  • Then you can clear the history, view downloaded files, and clean them.
  • In the “Bookmarks” section, the “Google Chrome” settings allow you to work with saved pages, add packs for bookmarks, delete, move, create an HTML file for transferring bookmarks and settings to another browser.
  • In the “Scale” section, you can change the size of the browser window by simply clicking on the plus or minus sign, making the window larger or smaller. By the way, if you hold down the Ctrl key and move the mouse wheel back and forth, you can also adjust the size of the window in this way.
  • In the print section, you can print the entire page of interest or save it as a PDF file on your computer.
  • The contents of the page or desktop can be broadcast to the TV.
  • In the “Find” column you can search for information of interest on the page using key queries.

Google Chrome settings for full browser functionality

In additional tools, you can save the page either completely or as an HTML document. Add a Chrome shortcut with a specific page to your desktop. Delete data about pages viewed, install extensions and configure the task manager - disable running processes of a specific site or page.

  • Ctrl+X - cut.
  • Ctrl+C - copy.
  • Ctrl+V - paste.

At the end, you should use the “Settings” tab, which we discussed above and the “Google Chrome” help - information about the browser and the help center, clicking on which will take you to the Google website.

You can reset your Chrome browser at any time to restore default settings. During installation, some programs and extensions change Chrome settings, such as the search engine, without your knowledge. Resetting your browser settings can quickly solve this problem. Saved bookmarks and passwords are not deleted.

However, some settings, such as fonts or accessibility features, will not be reset. To create a new profile, add a user.

What happens after the reset

The following Chrome profile settings will be changed on all devices signed in to Chrome:

  • Default search engine– Google will be installed. Learn more about setting your default search engine...
  • Home and start pages. Learn more about how to customize your home and start pages.
  • Quick access page. Learn more about how to set up a quick access page...
  • Pinned tabs. Learn more about how to pin tabs...
  • Content Settings, such as blocking pop-ups or using a microphone. Learn more about how to change content settings.
  • Cookies and site data, for example, items in your cart in an online store. Learn more about cookies and site data...
  • Extensions and themes. Learn more about extensions and themes...

Problems when resetting settings

The browser itself resets my settings

Some programs you install may change Chrome settings without your knowledge. For security purposes, the browser monitors such cases every time it is launched. If something goes wrong, Chrome automatically restores the settings to default.

Resetting the browser, or resetting the browser settings - changing the browser settings to the default settings. When using an Internet browser program, the settings of some parameters in the browser change, which have a negative impact on the operation of the program.

Browser settings change for various reasons: due to incorrect user actions, often third-party programs independently change browser settings without the user’s consent (replacing the start page, search engine, etc.), extensions and plugins are installed in the browser that change the application’s operating parameters etc. Because of this, errors occur in the browser and some functions are not performed.

Therefore, it makes sense to solve the problems that have arisen without using a radical solution: completely removing the browser from the computer and then installing it again. Many problems can be solved by resetting the browser settings (cleaning the browser), as a result of which the default settings will be restored.

I recommend using the restore settings feature first, because most problems are solved this way. I myself often use this function to restore browser functionality.

In browsers, the process of changing settings is different. For example, in the Google Chrome browser, extensions are disabled, and in the Mozilla Firefox browser, all extensions are removed. Therefore, read the warnings carefully in order to fully understand all the consequences of this step.

In this article I will talk about how to reset Google Chrome, Yandex Browser, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge. In browsers that have multiple profiles, the settings will be reset in the active profile in which this function is running.

How to reset Google Chrome browser settings

In the Google Chrome browser, as a result of resetting the browser settings, the settings of the browser profile in which the settings were reset will be reset. Go to Settings and Control Google Chrome. In the context menu, click on “Settings”. In the Settings window, click on the Show advanced settings link.

On the page you will see a “Reset Settings” button, which serves to restore the Google Chrome browser settings to default. Next, click on the “Reset settings” button.

As a result of resetting the Chrome browser settings, the home page settings, quick access page settings will be reset, the default search engine (Google) will be installed, pinned sites will be unpinned, cookies and other temporary files will be deleted, and extensions in the browser will be disabled.

How to reset Yandex Browser settings

You can reset the Yandex browser settings in a manner similar to the Google Chrome browser. To do this, go to “Yandex Browser Settings”. In the context menu that opens, click on the “Settings” item. Then click on the “Show advanced settings” button.

In the "Reset settings" option, click on the "Reset settings" button to restore the original settings in the browser.

In the “Reset settings” window, click on the “Reset” button.

Next, Yandexm Browser will be reset. All changes will return to their original values: pinned tabs will be unpinned, extensions will be disabled, temporary files, cache, cookies will be deleted, the default search engine (Yandex) will be enabled.

How to reset Mozilla Firefox browser settings

In the Mozilla Firefox browser, open the menu, click on the “Open Help menu” button (question mark icon). In the context menu, click on the “Problem Solving Information” item.

On the page that opens, you will see the “Customize Firefox” section with the “Clean Firefox...” button.

As a result of cleaning, the following will be removed from the Firefox browser: extensions, added search engines, changed browser settings, themes, security certificates, plugin settings, etc.

The following parameters will be saved: bookmarks, history, passwords, cookies, information for autofilling forms.

The “Cleaning up Firefox” window will inform you that after resetting the Firefox browser, the browser settings will be set to default. Click on the "Clean up Firefox" button.

How to reset Opera browser settings

The Opera browser does not have a separate functionality for resetting browser settings. You can change your browser settings in Opera settings. Therefore, resetting the Opera browser settings using a standard tool is impossible. The only possible option is to manually delete the profile, as well as the browser cache.

To perform these steps, disable the Opera browser.

The user profile in the Opera browser and the browser cache are located in the following path:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Navigate to this path in Explorer, and then delete the contents of these folders.

After launch, Opera will re-create a new profile with default browser settings.

How to reset Internet Explorer browser settings

In the Internet Explorer browser window, click on the “Tools” button. In the Internet Options window, open the Advanced tab. Here you will see the Reset Internet Explorer settings option. Reset Internet Explorer browser settings to default values ​​when the browser is not working.

Click on the “Reset...” button.

Resetting Internet Explorer involves restoring the following settings to their default settings:

  • toolbars and add-ons
  • Enable default browser settings: privacy options, security options, advanced options, customize tabbed browsing, pop-up options

Additionally, you can delete personal settings. To do this, check the “Delete personal settings” option.

In this case, search services, accelerators, default home page, temporary files, history, cookies, passwords, web form data, tracking protection, ActiveX filtering and Do Not Track will be restored.

To start the process of restoring default settings, click on the “Reset” button.

For the changes to take effect, restart your computer.

How to reset Edge browser settings

Go to your Microsoft Edge browser settings. In the context menu, click on “Options”. Next, find the “Clear browsing data” option, and then click on the “Choose what you want to clear” button.

By default, some settings are selected. Click on the "More" button to select additional options.

Select the required items and click on the “Clear” button.

Conclusions of the article

To restore your browser settings to default, reset (clean) your browser. In this way, you can solve many problems that arise in the operation of the application. Browser settings for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Yandex Browser, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge will return to their original settings.

Did you do something wrong in the Google Chrome browser settings that caused it to stop functioning normally? Or have your actions led to the fact that the browser is now constantly buggy or produces various errors? Do not worry! After all, you can always return all settings to factory settings by doing a factory reset in Google Chrome.

Why this function is needed, I think there is no need to explain. As mentioned above, it is useful if you have configured your browser incorrectly and it has lost its functionality. Either, due to virus programs, or for some other reason, all the settings are lost, you can always reset them. We will look at how to do this in this short instruction article.

How to do a factory reset?

This is done very simply, but there are those who have just started using the Chrome browser and do not know all its capabilities and what and where it is located. It is for beginners that we made this instruction.

Step 1. First of all, you need to open the Google Chrome browser.

Step 2. And so, you are on the Google Chrome home page. In the top right corner, find the settings icon and click on it.

Step 3. In the drop-down list, hover your mouse over the item “ Settings” and open them.

Step 5. Scroll further down until we reach the very bottom of the page. At the very bottom there is a large button “ Reset" Click on it and confirm your actions in the window that opens with the “ button Reset”.

At the bottom of the window confirming actions when resetting the settings there is also an item - “ Please submit a report on your current Chrome settings to help us improve the browser." If you do not want the browser to send any data to Google servers, simply uncheck the box next to it.

After the above steps, all your settings will be deleted and the stock ones will be installed.

It's worth noting that when you reset, you only delete settings. The browser will not touch all other data, including bookmarks, website browsing history, passwords, cache, cookies, and download history. They will remain unchanged.

There are 2 easy ways to clear the cache in Google Chrome. The first is a complete cleanup, and the second is for one specific site. The cache is reset in the Google Chrome browser itself. Therefore, no additional programs are needed.

What is cache? These are temporary files that are downloaded by the browser and stored on the computer. Their presence speeds up the opening of previously visited pages.

For example, you visited a website for the first time, and all the pictures, videos, scripts and styles from it were saved to your computer. When you visit it again, all these files will no longer be downloaded - the browser will take them from the cache, which is stored on the local drive C. As a result, the site will open faster than the first time.

The browser cache is constantly growing and can take up a lot of space after a while. Therefore, if you find that there is little free space left on your local drive C, it’s time to clear the Chrome browser cache. Especially if you haven't done this for a long time.

By the way, very often users believe that the cache and browsing history are one and the same. But these are completely different concepts. The history stores a list of sites you have previously visited, and the cache contains technical information (pictures, videos, scripts, styles), which speeds up their loading.

How to delete cache in Google Chrome?

Clearing the cache in Google Chrome is very simple. To perform this procedure:

Ready. This is how easy it is to clear the cache in Chrome. As you can see, there is nothing complicated here.

Although there is an easier way to reset the cache in Chrome:


And the easiest way: press Ctrl+Shift+Del, check the 4th box and click the “Clear history” button.

How to clear the cache of an individual site in Google Chrome?

Now let's look at how to clear the site cache in Chrome. This procedure is also very simple:


Ready. This is how you can delete the cache in Chrome for one individual site. If necessary, this procedure should be done for other sites.

That's all. Now you know how to clear the Google Chrome browser cache and you can easily do it. First of all, this procedure is recommended for sites that have radically changed their design. After all, Google Chrome will load old files saved on the local C drive, and you will not see new changes. It is also advisable to periodically (for example, once a month) remove it to save space on your computer or laptop.