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Stop Chrome showing all tabs ever opened?

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tim091

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Whe I launch Chrome it shows a number in a square box on the toolbar. Touching this shows every web page I have ever opened!!

It doesn't clear after a session, which I would expect it to do.

Yes, I can go into settings and clear browsing history but can I stop it from keeping these pages cached in the first place? Or at least have it clear after a session.

It seems utterly pointless to hold a cached page that I once visited 6 months ago!
 
Thanks Dannydet. Not sure that is the same problem though. I am not talking about the Android Recent Apps display (this shows just the current Chrome page).

I mean within Chrome, next to the address box is a number in a square box. Tapping that shows all the tabs you have opened since you last manually cleared that list.
 
But like, running forever?! I power my phone off every night so when I power it back up and launch Chrome (or maybe before I launch Chrome) it is pulling in all those pages again? Or maybe pulling a cached version from memory?

Whatever, it confirms my ever growing feeling that Android is a pile of poo with far too much "behind the scenes" stuff going on that the user has no control over.

Thanks for your input though mate, appreciated.
 
Hi,
Go to settings>storage>apps>chrome
Uninstall updates.
Open chrome settings.
Scroll down to
Merge tabs and apps.
Enable the option.
Now open google play store menu my apps and games.
Update chrome.
 
Parayilhussain said:
Hi,
Go to settings>storage>apps>chrome
Uninstall updates.
Open chrome settings.
Scroll down to
Merge tabs and apps.
Enable the option.
Now open google play store menu my apps and games.
Update chrome.
Click to expand...

Settings - Storage & USB (no storage option) - Device Storage - apps - Chrome just gives me options to Clear Data and Clear Cache.

Settings - General - Phone Management - Apps - Chrome just gives me options to Force Stop or Disable.
 
tim091 said:
Whe I launch Chrome it shows a number in a square box on the toolbar. Touching this shows every web page I have ever opened!!

It doesn't clear after a session, which I would expect it to do.

Yes, I can go into settings and clear browsing history but can I stop it from keeping these pages cached in the first place? Or at least have it clear after a session.

It seems utterly pointless to hold a cached page that I once visited 6 months ago!
Click to expand...
Just like on the desktop, Chrome keeps a page loaded in a tab until you close that tab. On mobile, though, apps like Chrome don't fully close - when you leave them, they store their current state so that you can pick up where you left off the next time you open it. (It operates a bit like the "On Startup: Continue where you left off" setting in desktop Chrome.)

I don't think there's really a way to defeat that as it is exactly how the browser is designed to function. You can, however, relatively painlessly close out all tabs when you are finished with a browsing session. Do this by pressing the tabs button, then the three-dot menu button in the top left, and select the "Close all tabs" option. That will start you from a fresh slate. :)
 
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