1. chrome://about
It’s the central repository of
all the internal URLs maintained by Chrome. We will cover all the URLs
mentioned in this list. In case, you lose track of URLs, you can always open
chrome://about to find all the links at one place.
2. chrome://accessibility
It displays information about
accessibility settings, whether it’s enabled or not for all open tabs.
Accessibility settings let physically impaired users access content on the web.
Currently, the accessibility settings are turned off globally. However, when
this feature goes live, it will significantly help physically challenged users.
3. chrome://appcache-internals
It shows the list of web apps
which have stored cache in Chrome. On my PC, Telegram and few other apps have
stored 7MB of cache. Similarly, you can also find out the relevant web apps
which have taken up space.
4. chrome://apps
It lists all the pre-installed
web apps including YouTube, Google Docs, etc on your Chrome. If you install a
new Chrome app, it will show up here. You can pin Chrome apps to
your taskbar as well.
5. chrome://blob-internals
It displays a list of blobs
which are stored on Chrome. Blobs are essentially large object data which are
used to store images and videos.
6. chrome://bluetooth-internals
It displays whether the PC has
Bluetooth functionality and other related information. Besides, it shows a list
of Bluetooth devices which are connected to the PC.
7. chrome://bookmarks
It opens all the bookmarks
saved on Chrome. While you can access bookmarks through the traditional way by
clicking the 3-dot menu, this allows you to open the bookmarks right from the
address bar and it’s kind of cool.
8. chrome://chrome
It opens the Chrome Settings page
where you can customize all kinds of user settings. From there, you can
navigate to advanced settings in just a click.
9. chrome://chrome-urls
It shows all the internal
Chrome URLs just like chrome://about. You can use either of those, but
chrome://about is just so convenient.
10. chrome://components
It displays all the Chrome Components which
are required by Chrome to function properly. For example, Wide vine
availability, Adobe Flash Player support, Chrome Recovery, etc. You can learn
more about Chrome Components and their usage in detail by heading to the linked
article.
11. chrome://conflicts
It captures conflicts between
Chrome and PC and maintains a log for further analysis. Conflicts occur for all
kinds of issues. Say, there is a time difference between system and Chrome or
there is variation in TCP/IP protocol request and so on.
12. chrome://crashes
It keeps a log of crashes that
happened recently with Chrome. The crash reports are automatically sent to
Google so that they can debug the issues.
13. chrome://credits
It lists all the organisation
and developers who have worked on Google Chrome with their license and homepage
link. You can go through the long list of contributors who have made the
Chromium project possible.
14. chrome://device-log
It records all the events that
took place with PC like power, USB, Bluetooth, Network, etc. If there are any
issues with the PC, you can find all the events here and fix it.
15. chrome://devices
It shows compatible devices
which are connected to the PC. For me, it shows a wireless printer which is
connected to my WiFi network. You can check yours too and configure
accordingly.
16. chrome://discards
It displays some unique
information about all the open tabs and whether they have been discarded from
memory. You can go through the table to find more about the open websites and
how well it’s optimized. Quite interesting.
17. chrome://download-internals
It lets developers download
the required components from the web. This feature is very helpful for
developers as they can test their apps and websites for different platforms.
18. chrome://downloads
It opens the Chrome download
manager. Of course, you can access it from the 3-dot menu but URL address lets
you create a bookmark for Downloads so it becomes easy to access files with
just a click. Or, you can simply use the CTRL+J keyboard shortcut.
19. chrome://extensions
It displays all the Chrome extensions installed
on your Google Chrome browser. You can go through the list and configure the
extensions as you like. If you are a developer, you can enable the Developer
mode from the top-right corner.
20. chrome://flags
It lists all the experimental
features of Chrome which are not enabled by default. There are lots of
interesting features and we have compiled a list of best Google Chrome flags for
your perusal.
21. chrome://gcm-internals
It gives information about
Google Cloud Messaging which is used by third-party developers to send push
notifications. Besides, you can find all the website and apps which have
permission to send push notification.
22. chrome://gpu
It shows information about
various websites if they took advantage of hardware acceleration. Further, it
provides information about PC’s graphics driver and support for Graphic APIs
like Vulkan, Skia, WebGL, etc.
23. chrome://help
It opens the “About Chrome”
page where you can check for Chrome updates. Additionally, you can report
issues and go through the help guide as well.
24. chrome://histograms
It shows histograms of various
service handlers as to how much time it took to render data. The graphs make it
easy for developers to find the fault lines and optimize their code
accordingly.
25. chrome://history
It shows browsing history from
all the devices where you use Chrome. You can clear the browsing history with
just a click on the left pane. You can also access this page by using the
“CTRL+H” keyboard shortcut.
26. chrome://indexeddb-internals
It lists all the websites
which have created a local database to store various information and blobs.
These databases are actually app data and it’s encrypted so that no malware can
access it.
27. chrome://inspect
It opens various tools which
help the developer to assess Chrome’s performance. There are different sections
like Devices, Extensions, Pages, Apps, etc with an option to inspect each one
of them.
28. chrome://interstitials
It lists all the response
pages of Chrome’s security. These pages are displayed when users try to access
a harmful website inadvertently.
29. chrome://interventions-internals
It displays few internal
flags, quality of the network, logs of intervention and blocklist status. Here,
developers can check the intervention from scripts and external servers.
30. chrome://invalidations
It gives debug information
about various service handlers so that developers can fix the issues. The
service handlers are the primary components of Chrome, so the debug information
significantly helps in quelling the bug,
31. chrome://local-state
It’s a debug page which lists
all the local information tied to Google Chrome. The debug information is
parsed in a programming language so that developers can easily go through the
code.
32. chrome://media-engagement
It lists all the websites
which have played media in the background. You can also find a table with
websites, playback time, last playback, volume information, how long was the session,
etc.
33. chrome://media-internals
It lists all the media device
like an audio speaker, webcam, etc available on the PC. You can also find a log
which keeps all the media requests from various apps and websites.
34. chrome://nacl
It displays information about
the operating system, Chrome’s version and support for Portable Native Client.
The Portable NaCl lets developers test their apps and website for ARM, x86 and
other platforms in a sandbox.
35. chrome://net-export
It lets developers export log
of Chrome’s network activity. It can be used to find all the illegitimate
outbound connections which were established with the PC.
36. chrome://net-internals
It lets you access various
network settings like DNS, Proxy, Sockets and Domain Security Policy. Most of
these network features are not available in Chrome’s main Settings page, so you
can configure here.
37. chrome://network-error
It displays the response page
of Chrome when the URL is found invalid.
38. chrome://network-errors
It’s a repository of all the
response pages when network errors occur while browsing the web. If you click
on a particular error, it leads you to the response page.
39. chrome://newtab
It opens a fresh new tab.
Shortcut: CTRL+T
40. chrome://ntp-tiles-internals
It lists all the top websites
which are displayed on the homepage with their URL and favicon address. You can
add or remove top websites with your custom address as well.
41. chrome://omnibox
It lets developers debug
Omnibox functionality with various tools. There are various parameters to test
Omnibox with incomplete results, no suggestion and XML importing.
42. chrome://password-manager-internals
It captures and displays logs
of password manager in Chrome. Password manager has become a standard feature
of Chrome so having a log of events can help developers fix the bugs.
43. chrome://policy
It displays all the user and
security policies running on Chrome. My PC is running two sets of policies:
Chrome and Google Account Policy. You can check for your Chrome too.
44. chrome://predictors
It lists all the probable key
strings which can be used to predict websites. The most interesting part is
that Chrome keeps a log of hits and misses in a table and you can see it right
here with all the website strings.
45. chrome://print
It opens Chrome’s default
Print setting where you can customize the page layout and other relevant
options. From here, you can save the web page in a printable format directly to
your Google Drive.
46. chrome://process-internals
It lists all the websites and
extensions running in Chrome with their frame information. It’s very similar to
Task Manager’s process tab. However, you can’t forcefully kill a process in
Chrome.
47. chrome://quota-internals
It displays the storage
available in the system and lists all the websites which have stored local data
on the PC. Further, you can dump the summary of data usage in XML language.
48. chrome://safe-browsing
It keeps a log and updates its
database about all kind of malware and suspicious websites. It’s very similar
to the anti-virus definition update we do on our desktop. However, for Chrome,
Google maintains its database of nefarious websites and malware.
49. chrome://serviceworker-internals
It lists all the websites
which have stored javascript on Chrome. While javascript is essential for the
web, sometimes harmful scripts make their way to the computer. So go through
the list and unregister the ones which seem odd to you.
50. chrome://settings
It opens Chrome’s main
Settings page. Using the URL address, you can create a bookmark which lets you
easily access the Chrome settings with just a click.
51. chrome://signin-internals
It displays sign-in
information of all the accounts signed into Chrome. Here, you can see all the
essential data points like token ID, authorization flag, timestamp, and cookie
information. All these parameters are required for seamless sign-in.
52. chrome://site-engagement
It lists all the websites you
have had most engagement with. Pretty interesting if you want to find out which
website you mostly engage with. For me, it’s Reddit. No surprises, there.
53. chrome://suggestions
It gives you suggestions about
Chrome. I got no suggestion, though.
54. chrome://supervised-user-internals
It provides information about
the user, whether the user is adult, if supervision is required and so on.
There is also an option for site filtering, but it didn’t work.
55. chrome://sync-internals
It provides several options to
customize sync intervals for various service handlers. Chrome is preferred
because it seamlessly syncs with your Google account. Here, you can find all
the service handlers in action.
56. chrome://system
It displays information about
the system, the OS version, keyboard layout, and installed extensions.
57. chrome://terms
It displays Google Chrome’s
Terms and Conditions. You can go through the terms of services to fully
understand what data are you handing over to Google.
58. chrome://tracing
It lets the developers test
their web pages and apps with various internal tools. There are several testing
options like latency, UI rendering, javascript loading time, etc.
59. chrome://translate-internals
It gives information about
user’s default language, translation preference and supported languages. There
is also an event viewer where developers can analyze internal logs during
translation session.
60. chrome://usb-internals
It displays compatible USB
devices connected to the PC. You can even add a USB device with the serial
number and verify your account. Perhaps, the Titan Security Key works on this
technology.
61. chrome://user-actions
Keeps a log of every user
action like switching tabs, opening bookmarks, closing tabs, etc with a
timestamp. It helps developers test Chrome’s performance.
62. chrome://version
It gives detailed information
about Chrome’s version including build number, user agent, Flash support,
rendering engine, etc. You can also find Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla’s Gecko
build number.
63. chrome://webrtc-internals
It lets developers create a
dump of audio streams or event data to analyze audio related issues. It can
help developers who are trying to build apps and websites based on real-time
communication (RTC) technology.
64. chrome://webrtc-logs
It displays the event logs captured during real-time communication so that developers can debug WebRTC issues.
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