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How to Restore Previous Session in Chrome

Logo used from the start of the Chrome project...
Logo used from the start of the Chrome project until March 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

To restore the tabs from your last session do the following in Chrome:

  1. Click on the top-right corner menu button in Google Chrome.
  2. Go to “Recent Tabs”
  3. Here you will see a list of recent closed tabs. Along with them, near the bottom you will see number of tabs closed(eg. 4 tabs).
  4. Click on that and your last session will be restored.
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How to Change Proxy Setting in Google Chrome

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Google Chrome uses the same connection & proxy settings as Windows. Changing these settings will affect Google Chrome as well as Internet Explorer and other Windows programs.

Here is how to change the proxy settings in Google Chrome:

  1. Click on “Customize and Control Google Chrome” menu (Located to the right of the address bar)
  2. Click “Options” button.
  3. In “Google Chrome Options” window select ‘Under the Hood’ tab.
  4. In the ‘Network’ section, click the “Change proxy settings” button.
  5. This will open another window.  In the “Internet Properties” window click “Lan settings” button.
  6. Under “Local Area Network (LAN) Settings” window click on the Proxy server for your LAN” and enter your proxy settings.
  7. Click OK and Apply to save the settings.
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Deleting specific Cookies in Firefox & Chrome

Sometimes when websites are updated,they tend to change the way they manage cookies.  What happens then is that there is a small possibility of certain parts of the website not functioning as the old cookies remain in the browser.  In those cases the best approach is to remove the errant cookie and let the website recreate the cookies.

Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that:

Firefox:

  • Click on Tools, then Options (or Edit | Preferences on Linux)
  • Select Privacy
  • In the Cookies panel, click on Show Cookies
  • To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the Remove Cookie button
  • To remove all cookies click on the Remove All Cookies button
  • Voilà, you are done 🙂

Chrome:

  • Click the “wrench” icon on the browser toolbar (usually on the right extreme)
  • Click the Under the Hood tab.
  • Goto the Content settings in the “Privacy” section.
  • Click the Cookies tab in the Content Settings dialog that appears.
  • Click All cookies and site data to open the Cookies and Other Data dialog.
  • To delete all cookies, click Remove all at the bottom of the dialog.
  • To delete a specific cookie, select the site that issued the cookie, then the cookie, and click Remove.
  • Voilà, you are done 🙂