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Anything similar to "about:config" (Firefox) In Google's Chrome ?
joe
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 11 615
Is there an "about:config" (Firefox) In Google's Chrome?
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There is no about:config at the moment.
the feature request on chromium was closed on July 22nd with the status WontFix so you'll probably have to keep bumping the original feature request or open a new request here with additional ideas or features than the previous.
Greg Buehler
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 1 150
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Yes, and no. If by about:config, you mean "special page that lets you configure secret stuff, then it's there, and you can access it through about:flags.
If you want the complete list of pages available on Chrome, try about:about.
aviraldg
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 2 059
Was looking for a way to disable DASH (media source) in Chrome, finally found your answer here. Saved my day! Thanks! – Dai – 2016-04-12T03:43:09.540
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On a Google Support forums question entitled "Is there an about:config", on July 10, 2009, user "PatrickB1991" responded with the following:
No, currently there is no about:config page...
But you can vote for
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=16362
and hope it will get implemented sometimes.
nik
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 50 788
1Your comment is poorly written -- as if Google Support wrote a page titled "Is there an about:config?" with Google seemingly telling people they can vote for it. None of it is the case. Your markup just makes it appear so. Google hasn't encouraged anyone to vote for the feature, and the linked content isn't a question, it's a feature request from a random user. – amn – 2019-10-20T23:46:43.003
2@amn: Better now? – Lightness Races with Monica – 2019-10-30T12:54:08.850
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Using about:about converts to chrome://about which consists of ALL settings pages available for Chrome:
Lenin
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 483
useful stuff, but still no settings for mouse (like mousewheel speed/acceleration etc.) :/ – razor – 2018-08-01T13:21:54.587
Still working on Chrome 78. The most useful answer out of all. – Ivan Shatsky – 2019-11-03T19:27:19.593
4Confirmed; working on Chrome 23.0.1271.95. This should be the accepted answer. – amiregelz – 2012-12-10T11:23:00.103
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There is chrome://settings.
It is not a table, as about:config in Firefox, it's tabbed, with tree structure. Every settings page has a URI (chrome://settings/advanced) and even individual options could be linked – for now only using search and clicking on a section of interest (chrome://settings/search#sync).
a13ph
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 176
6Use About:About to access all hidden pages in Chrome. – Moab – 2011-03-22T14:42:37.770
this is, as of the current date, the same as clicking the wrench icon to get to standard settings. – Jeff Atwood – 2012-09-01T06:21:26.907
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There's nothing that's exactly identical to Firefox's about:config, but I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned Chrome's about:flags feature. You can use this to turn on/off experimental browser features. It doesn't give you the granularity that Firefox provides, but it can allow you to do some cool things.
derrylwc
Posted 2009-08-17T11:16:01.860
Reputation: 151
http://superuser.com/a/239544/304607 - it was mentioned – Hitesh – 2016-11-06T06:30:31.447
about:config- is it feature available in chrome now ? – Hitesh – 2016-03-09T13:31:08.6772@Hitesh No, it is still unavailable. Although you will never get the amount of customization in Chrome that you will have with about:config in Firefox, Chrome://flags might be of use in Chrome. – Daniel41550 – 2016-11-05T19:03:17.217
1why this is an accepted answer, while there is another better answer? – T.Todua – 2017-08-12T14:34:15.153
chrome://about for those unwilling to scroll down – Ed Randall – 2020-01-14T11:22:14.353