Chrome Speed Secrets for Windows 11

Introduction

With Google Chrome being the most used web browser in the world, there are a lot of ways to make it run even faster on your Windows 11. We will take a look into few of the hidden tricks and tips to boost your Chrome browsing experience by leaps and bounds in this comprehensive guide which covers a lot of ground. These strategies will teach you how to upgrade your browser, from simple tweaks to advanced configurations, to fully take advantage of all that your browser has to offer and get the most out the web.

Table of Contents

Essential Chrome Speed Tips

Keep Chrome Updated

Upgrading to Chrome regularly, you receive the next generation performance enhancements, security patching and shiny new features. Open Google Chrome, click the three dot menu in the top right corner then “Help” then “About Google Chrome.” The updates are going to cheque and instal automatically in Chrome.

Close Unused Tabs

Using Chrome means that each open tab consumes system resources. Keep tabs you’re not using actively closed to optimise performance. To close a tab, you can select “Close” through right click on the tab, or use Ctrl+W keyboard shortcut to close the tab you clicked on.

Manage Extensions Wisely

The reason some people recommend too many extensions is because extensions can improve your browsing experience but too many can slow down your Chrome. To manage your extensions, open Chrome’s Extensions page (chrome://extensions/). Remove or disable unnecessary extensions. In case you are using a lot of extensions and you want to save some seconds you can consider using a lightweight extension manager.

Optimise Hardware Acceleration

Think to the Rescue of Hardware Acceleration. This accelerates hardware tasks offloading to your graphics card to improve performance. You can do it by opening Chrome’s Settings, going to search for “Hardware acceleration”, and enable the “Use hardware acceleration when available” option.

Advanced Chrome Speed Tweaks

Disable Unnecessary Features

While some Chrome features are cool, they can also harm performance. To fine-tune your browser, open Chrome’s Settings and experiment with disabling features like:

Preload pages for faster browsing: But it does take up more resources, and this feature can pre load pages you might visit next.
Hardware-accelerated video decode: This feature does help with video playback, but not all users will need it.
Smooth scrolling: It is this feature which can make scrolling smoother, and without performance impact, as long as you run on newer hardware.

Configure Chrome Startup Behaviour.

Removing startup items will surely accelerate Chrome’s launch time. If you want to change the behaviour of chrome when it starts, just head to Settings-> search ‘On startup’ and ‘Open a specific page or set of pages’. You can select only websites that you want to open on start.

Clear Browsing Data Regularly

Cookies, cache or browsing history that is accumulated can cause some events so that Chrome gets slower over time. To remove all browsing data, go to Chrome Settings, search for “Clear browsing data” and click on the various data types you want to remove along with the chosen time range, and then hit “Clear data.”

Further Tips to Speed Up Your Chrome Experience

Use a Lightweight Theme: Themes that are dark can reduce eye strain and save battery life.
Disable Unnecessary Notifications: Excessive notifications are a distraction and a resource hog.
Consider a Faster DNS Provider: Speeding up your DNS provider can speed up website loading time.
Upgrade Your Hardware: A bit more advanced but will get you a great performance boost if you RTK over outdated system: upgrading of the RAM, now your CPU (which can be done in boots), and for the most powerful upgrade on the SSD.

Conclusion

Implements of these Chrome speed secrets will increase your browsing speed on Windows 11 by folds. It is worth remembering: anything can be configured and you always need to experiment a bit to get to optimal performance — which is when something is running exactly as you would prefer — however it’s a combination of regular maintenance, carefully configuring things, and experimenting a little bit. Play with setting and determining what you get the best balance of speed and functionality for your requirements.