What are the causes of Google Chrome becoming unresponsive and crashing? How to fix it?
The most common reasons for Google Chrome to crash, or become unresponsive are:
The solutions listed below will show you how to fix this error. Check them out.
If none of the other solutions worked, to fix the issue with Google Chrome not responding, reset Google Chrome's settings. It is important to note that you need to be logged in with your Google account and that all your data (browsing history, passwords, bookmarks, etc.), so as to prevent losing them.
To reset Google Chrome's settings, feel free to follow the steps below:
Here is a video demo of how to restore Google Chrome to its default settings:
If none of the other solutions worked, and Google Chrome stops responding while you are browsing the net reinstall it. This course of action will remove all the corrupt files which may have been the reason for this issue, and clean versions of the files will be installed again.
Too many browser extensions, or poorly coded browser extensions can be one of the reasons for the Google Chrome not responding error. If disabling extensions didn't work, then, consider removing browser extensions, especially the ones causing this issue.
To detect the extension that causes the not responding error to occur, disable extensions one by one, reloading the website after disabling each one of them. Once you identify the faulty browser extension, remove it.
To remove browser extensions, feel free to follow the steps below:
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