How To Speed Up Google Chrome On Android Phone

If Google Chrome is running slowly, the following suggestions might help speed things up. The tips are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that helps, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t. 

• Update Chrome
• Close Unused Tabs
• Preload pages
• Clear Browsing Data
• Clear Site Data

How To Update Chrome On Android

Chrome works faster when you're on the latest version.

To update Chrome on Android phones:

• Open the "Play Store" app.
• In the "Play Store ", search for chrome. And open the top result.
• And then tap on the Update button.

How To Close Unused Tabs In Chrome On Android

The more tabs you have open, the harder Chrome has to work. Closing unneeded tabs free up resources for your device.

To close Chrome unused tabs on Android phones:

• To the right of the address bar, tap on the Switch tabs ▢ icon.
• At the top right of the tab, if you want to close, tap Close ×. You can also swipe left or right to close the tab.

How To Preload Pages In Chrome On Android

Chrome makes browsing and searching faster by preloading pages it thinks you might visit. To do this, Chrome may use cookies, if you allow cookies, and may encrypt and send pages through Google to hide your identity from sites.

To change preload settings in Chrome on Android phones:

• Tap on More ⁝ and select Settings.
• In Settings, tap the "Privacy and security" option.
• In "Privacy and security", tap on the "Preload pages" option.
• In "Preload pages", select "Standard preloading".
  You can also select "Extended preloading" to preload more pages but may consume more internet data.

Source: Google

How To Clear Browsing Data In Chrome On Android

The cache is actually a good thing. It loads browsing data and saves it in your local storage. When you load a page, it is much faster for the browser to pull stored data instead of downloading it again. The problem comes when you have too much cache data stored, as the files can get fragmented and corrupted, causing your browser to slow down.

Make sure to clear your browser cache from time to time to keep things fresh. It will create longer loading times right after the fact, but things should be looking better soon enough.

You can also free up space on Android phones.

To clear chrome browsing data on Android phones:

• Tap on More ⁝ and select Settings.
• In Settings, under Basics, tap on "Privacy and security".
• In "Privacy and security", tap on "Clear browsing data".
• In "Clear browsing data", tap on Advanced tap.
• In the Advanced tab, set the "Time range" to "All time".
• Now, check the items you want to clean, and then tap on the "Clear data" button.
  Please note: clearing the "Cached images and files" will not clean any important data.

Source: Google

How To Clear Site Data In Chrome On Android

You can free up space by clearing Data stored by sites in the Chrome app.
Please note clearing site data will sign out of all sites.

To clean data stored by sites in Chrome on Android phones:

• Tap on More options (3 dots at top right) and select Settings.
• In Settings, tap the "Site settings" option.
• In "Site settings", tap on the "Data stored" options.
• In "Data stored", tap on "Clear all data".
• On the pop-up, tap on Clear.

Currently, I am using Chrome app version 105. So these settings may be different in different versions.

Source: Google