
These suggestions make navigation and searching faster and easier, and are turned on by default. Google Chrome uses a combined web address and search bar (we call it the “omnibox”) at the top of the browser window.Īs you use the omnibox, your default search engine can suggest addresses and search queries that may be of interest to you. For issues that include confidential information, please use this link. If you want to report a privacy issue, you can file it in our public bug tracker. If you have a question about Google Chrome and Privacy that this document doesn’t answer, please feel free to ask it in the Community Forum. This document does not cover features that are still under development, such as features in the beta, dev and canary channel and active field trials, or Android apps on Chrome OS if Play Apps are enabled. Here we’re focusing on the desktop version of Chrome we touch only tangentially on Chrome OS and Chrome for Mobile. This document also describes the controls available to you regarding how your data is used by Chrome. This document describes the features in Chrome that communicate with Google, as well as with third-party services (for example, if you've changed your default search engine). Step 2: Set the policyĬlick below for steps, based on how you want to manage these policies.Last modified: Febru(Current as of Chrome. However, restrictions do not apply when users save a webpage by clicking File Save page as, or Print Save as PDF. Setting this policy restricts downloads that are triggered on webpages when users click a download link on the page or right-click a file and choose Save link as. Unset: Defaults to No restrictions, as described above.

You can prevent users from downloading all files or those that Google Safe Browsing identifies as dangerous.


For administrators who manage Chrome browser or Chrome OS devices for a business or school.Īs a Chrome administrator, you can use the DownloadRestrictions policy to prevent users from downloading dangerous files, such as malware or infected files.
