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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
The best remedy for persistent errors and instability is a factory reset. Here's how to do it in the most popular browsers.
Chrome
1. Launch your browser and open the menu by clicking on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
2. Go to the "Settings" tab → "Advanced".
3. Scroll down and click "Reset".
4. The system will delete your homepage settings and cookies, and disable all extensions. Bookmarks and passwords will remain.
Firefox
1. Launch your browser and go to about: support. A page with technical information will open.
2. Click on the "Refresh Firefox" button at the top right of the screen.
3. The system will remove all add-ons and reset custom settings. Your passwords and bookmarks will remain.
Before doing a full reset of the browser settings, you can test its operation in Safe Mode. Maybe it's the extensions. On the about: support page in the upper right corner of the screen, click on "Restart with add-ons disabled".
Yandex browser
1. Launch your browser and click on the three bars at the top right of the screen.
2. Go to the "Settings" tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Open advanced settings".
3. Find the item "Reset settings".
4. The browser will return to its original state without add-ons, pinned tabs and temporary files.
Opera
1. Launch your browser and click on the Opera icon in the upper left corner of the screen.
2. Go to the "Browser" tab. Then click on "Reset browser settings".
3. The system will delete cookies, extensions, pinned tabs and user preferences.
Safari
You cannot reset the settings in this browser, so you have to manually clear your history, cache and extensions.
History
1. Go to your browser and click on the Safari icon in the upper left corner.
2. Select "Clear History" → "All History".
Kesh
1. Go to your browser, click on the Safari icon in the upper left corner and select "Settings" → "Add-ons".
2. Check the box next to "Show development menu in menu bar".
3. Click on the menu "Development" → "Clear Caches".
Extensions
1. Go to your browser, click on the Safari icon in the upper left corner and select "Settings" → "Extensions".
2. Mark the ones you want and delete.
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