{"id":4598,"date":"2023-06-19T22:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T03:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickhows.com\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2023-06-19T23:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:03:03","slug":"restore-your-chrome-address-bar-color-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickhows.com\/articles\/restore-your-chrome-address-bar-color-to-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable the Google Chrome 2023 refresh and restore your address bar colors to normal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Google Chrome recently deployed a new update dubbed the “Chrome Refresh 2023”. Amongst various improvements and enhancements, Google – once again – decides what’s best for the user and forces a Windows 7-esq blue color across its entire browser.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What your browser will look like once you restart and get the forced 2023 update.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How To Disable The Blue Color From Chrome's Address Bar and Window<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. Type chrome:\/\/flags<\/strong> on your Google Chrome’s address bar and hit enter.<\/li>
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      3. Hit the blue “Relaunch” at the bottom right corner of your browser for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Your chrome:\/\/flags window should look like this once you’ve disabled all 3 flags:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      All 3 of these flags must be disabled to restore Chrome to its former glory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Once the flags have been disabled your Google Chrome browser will return to its familiar look, leaving the address bar and window grey, neutral, and not distracting.<\/p>

      As an added bonus, the change will be synced across all Google Chrome browsers that are logged in to the same account, so you only have to do this once per user.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      No thanks, Google, life is distracting enough. Sedated greys restored.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This guide will help you restore the normal grey colors to your Google Chrome browser if they were changed by the Chrome 2023 Refresh update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Restore Your Chrome Address Bar Color to Normal - QuickHows<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This guide will help you restore the normal grey colors to your Google Chrome browser if they were changed by the Chrome 2023 Refresh update.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickhows.com\/articles\/restore-your-chrome-address-bar-color-to-normal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Restore Your Chrome Address Bar Color to Normal - 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