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When you say, "I'm sick."How to completely reset and restart a web browser

The reset button is clicked.

Once the current situation, such as routers, smartphones, and stuck games, turns the status quo once and returns to dashi is an effective and relatively painful way to solve the problem.This trick can also be used on a web browser.When we are sitting in front of the computer, we almost operate the browser, so the longer the time, the more "garbage" accumulates in the browser.By wiping this, you can solve various troubles.

Some of the data stored by the browser can be useful, such as the username and password of important accounts, but one year ago browsing history and a third -party plug -in that has not been used for months.There are many things that are not so important.

If you discard the browser with a regular reset, the reaction speed will increase.Most browsers that are commonly used do not take much time to reset.You can select and delete the data, or specify whether to reflect the erasure on other devices you are signing in.

In addition, some Google (Google), Apple (Apple), Microsoft (Microsoft), Mozilla (Mozilla), etc. want to stop the synchronization of the recently pushed up and reset.Perhaps some people say that everything they performed on their computers is unpleasant to be synchronized with the laptop for work.

Reset is also effective in driving out malware.In addition, if you want to get rid of the customized startup page, or a browser add -on that will redirect to an affiliate site no matter what you search, try resetting.

Chrome

To partially reset Chrome, first proceed from the browser menu to "Delete Browsing History Data" in "Settings".Therefore, select the browsing history, cookie, site settings, saved passwords, cached files, etc. to be deleted.If you are signing in to Chrome in the Google account, the data you selected is deleted on all the synchronized devices (if it is inconvenient, sign out first and then delete it.)

Let the Google account synchronous (password, browsing history, etc.) as it is, and to return the settings only on the current ("local") device that you are using ("local"), the "Settings" window all the time.Scroll to and select "Detailed settings" "Return the settings to the original default".This resets the startup page, new tab page, fixed tab, site data, and cookies, and disables all installed extensions and themes.

「なんとなく調子悪いなぁ」というときに。ウェブブラウザを完全にリセット&再起動する方法

If you want to erase all the traces of Google accounts and their synchronous data from Chrome, click "Turn off" in "Google settings" at the top of "Settings".This eliminates the relationship between Chrome and Google accounts.At the same time, data such as bookmarks, browsing history, password, etc. can be deleted (in this case, all of these information remains in the cloud, so if you sign in again, it will return to its original state).

Firefox

Firefox can also be partially reset ("refreshed" in Firefox).Select "Options" and "Privacy and Security" in the Firefox menu (three lines at the top right of the screen), and have a variety of powers recorded by the site during the use of cookies, site data, browsing history, and browser.For example, access to microphone).

To do the most basic refreshing in Firefox, open a new tab, access "about: support" and click "Refresh Firefox".This eliminates the locally performed changes in the browser, such as extensions, themes, site authority, and changed settings.Many of the main data stored in the browser, such as passwords and cookies, remain.

Change the type of data to synchronize between the current computer and the cloud (and sign -in device) you are using is performed in the "Sync" in the "Options" window.If necessary, you can change the type of data you synchronize for each device.

Safari

For some reason, the reset option of Safari for MacOS is not as easy to use as other browsers and cannot be reset with a single button.For example, in order to erase a cash file, first select "Details" from "Environment Settings" in the "Safari" menu, turn on "Development menu on the menu bar", and display the "Development" menu.Click "Empty the cache" ... it takes a lot of time.

To delete the website data stored in the browser, including cookies, select Safari> Environment Settings> Privacy> Manage Web Site Data.Select the data you want to delete from the list and click Delete.To delete all the data stored locally at once, click Delete all.The list shows the type of data to be deleted for each website.

The browser history and extensions can be erased, but the command location is different.To erase part or all of the browsse history, select Safari> Erase History.At this time, you can select the period to be eliminated, from the last hour to all history.In addition, cookies will be deleted at the same time as the history.For the extension, proceed to "Safari"> "Environmental setting"> "Endable Extension", display a list of function expansion, and uninstall it individually.

Edge

The latest Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, so the available options are somewhat similar to Google Chrome.To reset Edge, select Privacy and Service from the "Settings" menu and click "Select Data to Clear".You can erase some or all of the data, such as cookies, cash files, and browsing history.

If you sign in to Edge and synchronize with the Edge of other devices, you will be reset the devices.If you want to avoid such a reset, you need to stop synchronization in "Synchronization" of "Profile" in the "Settings" window.

In addition, the "Settings" window also has an option that works as the name suggests.This option resets the local settings, such as the page displayed when the browser is started or when the new tab is opened, and the default search engine used in Edge.Temporary data such as cookies is also erased, but the saved password and browsing history remain.

Opera

Oh, are you using Opera?Let's proceed to the "Detailed Tools" of "Settings".There are various reset options there.For example, to erase cookies and reset the authority of the site, use the Site Settings.In addition, browsing and download history, saved password, etc. are erased by "erasing viewing data".

The option to specify whether to erase browsing data is reflected in other devices signed in with the Opera account is in the "Synchronization" of "Basic Settings" in "Settings".Here, if you sign in to the Opera account, you can reflect the operations performed on the local computer on other devices.If you do not want to reflect, sign out.

Like Chrome and Edge, Opera is also based on Chromium, so at the bottom of the "Settings" window is "Return the settings to the original default".Like other Chromium browsers, this option (like a default search engine) is reset, but synchronous data, such as password, remains.