5 docs tagged with "configure-chrome"

This category configures Windows using 2 scripts. The category includes 2 subscripts.

This script disables Chrome's metrics reporting, enhancing user privacy and system performance. By default, Chrome may send anonymous usage and crash-related data to Google. If no user preference is set, Chrome follows the initial choice made during installation or first run. This script ensures that anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data is stopped, preventing this data from being sent to Google. Additionally, it locks this setting, making it immutable by users. Disabling this feat...

This script disables Chrome system cleanup scans to enhance user privacy and improve system performance. By default, Chrome Cleanup Tool periodically scans the system for unwanted software and prompts the user for removal. This feature can also be manually triggered from the "chrome://settings/cleanup" page. Running this script stops the Chrome Cleanup Tool from performing system scans and cleanups, which protects your system's information from being analyzed and shared. It also disables the man...

This script blocks the execution of the Chrome Software Reporter Tool, enhancing your privacy by preventing unnecessary data transmissions to Google, and boosting system performance through reduced resource consumption. This tool is also known as the Software Reporter Tool, Software Reporter Tool for Chrome Cleanup, Chrome Cleanup Tool and Software Removal Tool. It exists in Google Chrome versions prior to v111. Newer versions of Google Chrome do not include this tool. This tool scans fo...

This script stops the Chrome Cleanup Tool from sending scan data to Google, enhancing privacy. By default, when the Chrome Cleanup Tool detects unwanted software, it reports metadata about the scan and the software to Google. The reported data includes file metadata, automatically installed extensions, and registry keys. Users can choose to share cleanup results with Google to enhance future software detection. Disabling this feature reduces potential privacy risks by preventing data sharing. Th...