How to Stop Chrome From Sending Crash Reports

If your Chrome browser keeps sending crash reports, then this article will help you change that.

Chrome has a built-in feature that sends a report to Google whenever the application crashes. While it helps Google fix unforeseen browser issues in future updates, it also invades your privacy by collecting personal information.

If you don’t want Google to use your personal data or keep reporting errors that degrade your browser’s performance, we’ll show you how to prevent that.

Is Chrome’s crash reporting a threat to your privacy?

According to the Google Chrome Help Center, in addition to the technical information Chrome collects when it crashes, the report may also contain personal information.

That includes your password, payment information, browser preferences, the website you visited at the time of the incident, and even the device you own and the operating system you use.

Much of the information that Google collects through crash reporting; enough to make sure to turn it off if you’re too worried about privacy.

How to prevent Chrome from sending crash reports

To prevent Chrome from sending crash reports, follow these steps:

1. Click three vertical dots in the upper right corner and go to Setting.
2. Towards Sync and Google services in the right pane.
3. Under Other Google servicesturn off the switch for Help improve Chrome features and performance.
4. Click Relaunch to give your browser a fresh start.

Keep in mind that disabling this will not prevent Chrome from crashing. So if your browser crashes more often, it may have an underlying problem that you should investigate further.

So update your browser to the latest version, disable hardware acceleration, filter out broken extensions, and perform other fixes to find the root cause of the problem.

Prevent Chrome from sending crash reports

By disabling crash reporting, Chrome will not send crash reports to Google in the future. In addition to helping you protect your privacy, it can also speed up your browsing. However, you can re-enable the feature if your browser performance starts to degrade after you disable it.

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