Using Google Chrome Sync To Sync Bookmarks, Open Tabs & Browsing Data

Google Chrome Sync is a boon if you own two or more computers / laptops, it is very inconvenient when you are web browsing on your home computer and you have to leave for work. The last web browsing session is left at the home computer and if you find some free time at work you just cant remember all the open tabs, & bookmarks.

With the Google Chrome sign in feature you can sync google chrome across multiple computers so that you can continue your web session from where you left off. Chrome sync feature makes your chrome bookmarks, chrome extensions, history, open tabs,apps, themes & chrome preferences available to your other personal computers / laptop.

All the chrome data is synced to google account, all a users needs to do is to sign in with their google account and the Google Chrome browser will appear exactly the same on another computer, including settings, bookmarks, history, open tabs, themes etc. How convenient it is when your browsing data and personalized settings is synced across other computers with a single click. and the best part is that the chrome data can be synced across multiple OS platforms  or devices like Chrome for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS.

How to use Google Chrome Sync

With Chrome Sign in feature the you can choose to sync everything on chrome or chooose specific items below:

• Sync Chrome Bookmarks.
• Sync Chrome Extensions.
• Sync Open Tabs.
• Sync Chrome History.
• Sync Chrome saved passwords.
• Settings.
• Themes.
• Auto Fill data.
• Apps installed from Chrome web store.

As soon as you sign into chrome with google account your chrome settings and all the data is saved to your own google account. Any changes in the data like new bookmark, settings or history will instantly be synced across your signed in Chrome browsers, this makes the sync experience very smooth without having to manually click a button.

Google Chrome Sync Data Security

If your computer OS is reinstalled or you bought a new computer then you can install chrome and personalize it within a few minutes with a simple google account sign in. The google chrome sync also provides encryption as an option if you are concerned about the security of your data. When enabled the data is encrypted using cryptographic key and then sent to the google servers and vice versa, but by default the passwords are always encrypted even if you dont use this option.

Never ever sign in to google chrome sync if you are using a public or untrusted computer, since all your personal web browsing data will be accessible to other users on the computer. If you unknowingly signed into google chrome on a public computer then you will need to delete the synced chrome data & the user from settings immediately.

Go to Chrome settings > scroll down to Users and click “delete this user button” to safely remove the data from that computer.

How to enable Google Chrome Sync

To enable google chrome sync,  click the chrome menu    on browser toolbar & click sign into chrome.

Enter your google account details and sign in. Now a ”Confirm Sync Preferences” dialog box will appear like below.

Here you can choose to sync everything or choose specific items to sync by clicking the advanced button. The advanced button will show you options for syncing like below:

Select the checkbox for each item you want to sync, whether to encrypt only password or all data and finally choose you own encryption paraphrase if your are too concerned about the security. Click Ok to save the settings.

Whenever you wish to sync google chrome settings and data to a new computer you will have to follow the same procedure but optionally you can choose to sync everything or selective items to that computer.

Using Google Chrome Sync makes web browsing simpler from different computers you own. You can leave your web browsing at work and continue at home or if planning to get a new laptop then just install chrome and sign in with google account to get a personalized web browsing experience in just a few minutes.