When you open Chrome, you expect a new tab or a homepage to greet you. But, it's not fun when from a previous session open up instead. Old tabs automatically loading at startup is an issue that's been around for quite some time. Newer Chrome updates apparently fix things up for a while but the problem still continue running background apps when chrome is closed its ugly head every now and then. Also Read: Disable Continue Where You Left Off If you didn't already know, that continues your previous browsing session exactly from where you left it. Step 1: Open the Chrome menu and click Settings. Step 2: On the Settings screen, scroll all the way down and locate the On Startup section. To resolve the issue, enable the Open continue running background apps when chrome is closed New Tab Page option. In that case, select the Open a Specific Page or Set of Pages option instead. You may have noticed this since you still receive from websites and extensions even when Chrome appears closed. And, this functionality has the potential to glitch old tabs from reloading automatically at startup. Step 1: On the Chrome Settings screen, scroll all the way down and click Advanced. Step 2: Under the System section, turn the switch next to Continue Running Background Apps When Google Chrome is Closed off. Since the feature is enabled by default, let's try switching it off. If it still does, please continue with the following method. To fix it, you need to uninstall and reinstall the extension. Step 1: Open the Chrome menu, point to More Tools, and then select Extensions. Step 2: Locate the Google Hangouts extension and disable it. Next, click Remove to uninstall it. Note: Your conversations aren't deleted when you remove Google Hangouts. You should be able to see them as soon as you reinstall the extension. Step 3: Reinstall Google Hangouts from the Play Store. Did that fix the problem. If it did, do know that the issue can still crop up from time to time. So, make sure to reinstall the extension in that case. Note: Resetting Chrome disables extensions, deletes cookies, removes pinned tabs and reverts home pages and search engine settings to default. However, your bookmarks, browsing history, and saved passwords are still kept intact. Step 1: On the Chrome Settings screen, scroll all the way down and click Reset. Step 2: On the pop-up box, click Reset again. You can choose to keep the box next to Help make Chrome better … either checked or unchecked. When re-enabling extensions, make sure to keep unknown plugins disabled. If that didn't fix the problem, let's get serious. This removes all data, including bookmarks, browsing history, and saved passwords. Note: Click the Sync option within the Chrome Settings screen and select the items that need to be synced, before removing the browser. Step 2: After uninstalling, remove any remaining files that the Chrome uninstaller may have left behind. After all, we need this to be a clean uninstall. To do that, open the Run box, enter %appdata%, and click Open. Step 3: You should now be within the Roaming folder of your Windows user account. Now, open the folder labeled Google. Step 4: Right-click the sub-folder labeled Chrome and click Delete. Step 5: Go to the to download and install Chrome. After reinstalling Chrome, you most likely should not have to worry about old tabs opening up again. To sync your bookmarks, saved passwords, and browsing data, just sign into Chrome again.
