Chromebook Guest Browsing mode for Google Chrome
Cool tip!
Turn on Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome
To test/enable Guest Browsing in Chrome
1. Visit Chrome://flags in browser address bar and enable the below two flags
Enable new profile management system, and Enable GAIA profile name and icon.
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via How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome? (click the link to get more info)
Photo by JD, Google Pixel Chromebook:
128GB card tucked nicely in to the Pixel’s SD card slot
I picked up a Samsung Chromebook cheap and realized that it needed a Google account to access all of the Google ecosystem of apps, storage in cloud and syncing bookmarks and history. I really never cared for much of cloud storage or many Google services. I went ahead and used a email address I already had to register and passed on a Gmail account. After a couple months I have decided to just close my Google account and use just the “guest” mode on my Chromebook. I realize that this mode does not store much in web information, nor can I install apps or use many Google services. I am fine with that, and for me I have basically felt the Chromebook was just a browser with hardware anyway. At some point, I think I will eventually install a Linux distro like Mint in place of Chrome OS. Hey, if you like Chrome OS then more power to you. For me I could get a better Chrome experience fro installing Chrome browser on a good laptop that would perform all the Google stuff even better. The Samsung with a ARM CPU is atrociously bad and weak.
Hi John,
Thanks for the great info! I had never thought of just using a Chromebook in “guest” mode but it makes a lot of sense for someone that just wants a browser 🙂
I agree with you 100% about the Samsung Chromebooks with their ARM CPUs 🙁 Have you tried one of the new Haswell based Chromebooks like the Acer C720? The new ones seem pretty speedy but still have good battery life 🙂
Thanks again for commenting and have a great week John!
-J.D.