{"id":8707,"date":"2018-09-25T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=8707"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:59:22","slug":"how-to-stop-chrome-running-in-the-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-chrome-running-in-the-background\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop Chrome running in the background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the changes to Chrome 69 (Chrome 69.0.3497.81 to be precise), Google pushed out a change which stealthily signs you into the Chrome application. This means that all your browsing habits can (and Google say they\u2019re not currently profiling people) be logged, even when not using Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>Chrome runs in the background because the next time you open this browser, it won\u2019t take so much time and all the memory used by this browser become reserved speeding up your Chrome experience.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst I use Firefox personally, I understand that some people like to use Chrome due to the availability of a lot more extensions. So what do you do to stop Google tracking your activity even when it\u2019s not signed in?<\/p>\n<h3>Disable Google Chrome from Running in Background<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>Google Chrome Browser<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>top right corner (or Alt+E)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Open Chrome <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Advanced <\/strong>(as shown in the image below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1775\" height=\"1119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1.png 1775w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT1-1200x757.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Advanced Option, &gt; Scroll Down.<\/li>\n<li>Under System option, turn off this option \u201c<strong>Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Restart <strong>Google Chrome<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1774\" height=\"1170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2.png 1774w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TT2-1200x791.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using this method, you can easily permanently stop Google Chrome From tracking your activity when closed. Alternatively I would recommend moving to an alternative browser, some details of which can be found in our Best Practices Guide [1] [2].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the changes to Chrome 69 (Chrome 69.0.3497.81 to be precise), Google pushed out a change which stealthily signs you into the Chrome application. This means that all your browsing habits can (and Google say they\u2019re not currently profiling people) be logged, even when not using Chrome. 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