How to stop chrome from opening on startup in Windows

Chrome is most used internet browser worldwide. Most of the internet users use chrome because it’s fast and user friendly. But there are some issues with chrome browser too. In this article we are talking about “How to stop chrome from opening on startup in windows 10”. Nowadays this is very common issue with the most of chrome user’s that chrome open’s on their startup automatically and start running even in background eating most of their computer resources.

How to stop chrome from opening on startup in windows 10

To stop chrome from opening on startup in windows 10 you can follow below step by step instruction’s.

  1. Open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys at the same time. You can also open task manager by right clicking on the task bar.
  2. Now click on the startup tab.
    How to stop chrome from opening on startup in windows 10
  3. Right click on chrome and click disable.
  4. That’s it, Now you can restart your computer and chrome will not start automatically.

Also Read > What is webroot filtering extension in chrome

Still not helping ? Try these solutions.

If you are still getting the issue of chrome opening on startup even after following above steps, you can try below alternative solutions to fix the problem permanently.

  • Open the following location on your computer
     C:\Users\Your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  • In above location if you see anything related to chrome Delete it.
  • Now paste chrome://settings/ on your chrome address bar and hit enter.
  • Click advanced
  • Under “system” you will see the option Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed enable it.
    Disable chrome from opening on startup
  • Try to run Aswcleaner and malwarebytes scan in order to remove any virus from computer, because some adwares and malwares also trigger chrome to open on startups.
  • That’s it.

After following above steps you won’t see chrome opening up automatically on your startup. That’s all about How to stop chrome from opening on startup in windows 10. If you are still having the same problem or have any question about this article, feel free to comment down below. I will feel happy to assist you to the solutions.

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