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How to reset your web browser back to its default settings

Posted on December 24, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

There are tons of ways to customize and tweak most current web browsers to make them behave more to our liking.

And in addition to the changes we make on our own, many downloads and browser add-ons take it upon themselves to make changes to our browsers’ settings without us even knowing about it.

These changes add up over time, and eventually your favorite browser might become extremely slow and unstable due to all the changes.

Throw a browser hijacker or malware into the mix and it can even become unusable. If that happens, what should you do? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I keep the searches I do on my iPhone off my PC?

Posted on November 12, 2023

Question from Ellen: Hi, Rick. Thank you for providing such good information. I have a question.

I use Safari as my browser and Google as my search engine on my iPhone.

My search history automatically shows up on our Windows PC on which we use Google chrome.

Other than deleting my searches, is there any way to keep my iPhone searches using Safari from showing up on our PC? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I block all websites from accessing my location?

Posted on October 23, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Question from Linda: I hate it when a website I’m visiting pops up a little box asking me to let them know my location.

I always click “Don’t allow” every time I get that message, but I’d really like to stop receiving them in the first place.

Can you tell me what I need to do to stop websites from even asking for my location? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I stop Chrome from using Google Lens for image searches?

Posted on March 29, 2023

Question from Debbie: How do I get Chrome to search for an image in a new tab and not go to Google Lens?

I used to be able to right-click and open up a new tab for the image search. But it doesn’t work like that anymore.

Now I get taken to Google Lens and all I get is prices for the clothing similar to what was in the picture. Very frustrating! [Read more…]

How to disable autoplaying videos on ALL sites with Chrome

Posted on March 18, 2023

I don’t know about you, but I hate it when a video begins playing automatically just as soon as I load a web page into my browser.

Plenty of sites allow you to toggle a setting to disable autoplaying videos, but most of them don’t.

And even in the ones that do, it’s a major hassle having to wade through a site’s settings in order to figure out how to disable autoplaying videos, especially on sites that you don’t visit all that often. [Read more…]

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