30 Google Chrome Flags to Improve Chrome Browser Speed

We all use google chrome browsers for surfing on internet. Most often we use the browser to search for our favorite music, or the film we found fascinating. But let’s be honest, we all hate when the google chrome browser becomes slow and we have to wait for it to work properly or we call it Raster Threads . If you are one of those who want to make their browser super-fast, congratulations! You are at the right place. This article will give you 30 google chrome flags which will help you improve the speed of your browser.

We all have heard of the word google chrome flags, but how many of us know what it exactly is? Perhaps very few of us. Google chrome flags are basically tools through which we communicate with the hidden features of the browser. Google is constantly trying to bring new features to the browser and it uses the flags to test these features before they can be made completely functional in the browser.

So basically when using the google chrome flags, you are using the features that have yet to be implemented in the browser for all to use.

Where can we find google chrome flags

So where can we find google chrome flags? The flags are available within the google chrome browser and everyone can find them easily. You will just have to search the following web address in the search bar of your google chrome browser and there you go

chrome://flags/

Wait! Don’t be go and open the link before you read the complete article. The page has so many flags that it will confuse you more. In the next section we have listed the flags that will work for you in case you want to speed up your google chrome browser.

Parallel Downloading

This flag gives you much better downloading speed in case you are downloading more than one file at a time.  So, if you want to improve your downloading speed, type the following address in the search bar of your browser and click on the enable option. There you go, Enjoy the parallel downloading of documents.

chrome://flags/#enable-parallel-downloading

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Tab Freeze

The tabs we have already closed are in the RAM of your computer and thus they are decreasing the speed of your browser. The Tab Freeze flag gives you an option to free up the space by automatically closing those tabs and this will improve the speed of your browser. Don’t worry; you can re-open the closed tabs whenever you want to.

To Enable this Flag type the following address in the search bar of your browser and enablable the flag. You will experience that the speed of your browser has increased much.

chrome://flags/#proactive-tab-freeze-and-discard

Smooth scrolling

We all do surfing and scrolling through different websites and documents on the browser. Often we face the issue of lag in the browser while we are scrolling and to be honest, this lag make us crazy and we all become angry on it. This flag of google chrome browser is to mitigate the lag in the browser.

Just go to the following address and enable the smooth scrolling Flag. The scrolling speed of your browser will increase in seconds.

chrome://flags/#smooth-scrolling

GPU-Rasterization

Google chrome browser uses the processor and RAM of our computer to function smoothly and properly. Through this flag, you can play with the graphics of your browser and thus increase its speed. Don’t worry, this flag is not going to lower the graphic of your browser but it will set make them according to the specifications of your computer.

To enable this Flag, go to the following address and click on the enable option.

chrome://flags/#enable-gpu-rasterization

2D Graphics Acceleration

The function of this flag is similar to that of previous flag; the only difference is that it affects only the 2D graphics of your browser such as plain texts and images.

To enable this flag, visit the following link and click on the enable option. You will see that the browser will have better speed.

chrome://flags/#enable-accelerated-2d-canvas

Zero-Copy raster

Through this Flag, you can also adjust the graphics of your browser according to the specifications of your device

To enable this flag, visit the following address

chrome://flags/#enable-zero-copy

Automatic tab discarding

This flag allows the chrome to automatically close the tabs that are not important for you. This operation is carried out when the memory of your computer is running low.

To enable this flag, visit the following link and search for the flag, once you search it, you will see the flag, just click on the enable option so increase the speed of your browser

chrome://flags/

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Offline Auto-Reload Mode

There is an option in the google chrome browser, when a user comes back after being offline for some time the browser reloads all the opened tabs automatically. This option is disabled in most of the browsers but if it’s enabled in your browser, it is affecting the speed of your browser.

For disabling this flag, visit the following link and search for the flag. It will appear on top of the page and you can easily disable it.

Only Auto-Reload Visible Tabs

This flag of the google chrome also prevent the tabs from tabs that are opened in the browser. The only difference is that it only reloads the tabs that are visible on the screen of the user. So disabling it will mean that the pages will not be reloaded automatically.

For enabling it, visit the following link, search the flag and mark it as enabled.

chrome://flags/

Touch Events API

This flag is related to the touch screen computers. It facilitates the users with touch screen laptops. So if you don’t use touch screen while surfing on the internet, you must disable this option.

For disabling this function, visit the following link and search for touch events API, the browser will show you the flag. Just choose the disable option; it will help you improve the speed of your browser.

chrome://flags/

Touch adjustment

There is another function in the google chrome to facilitate the users with touch screen. This makes the browser havier by introducing new functions. So if you don’t use the touch screen computer or laptop you are advised to disable this option.

For disabling, go to the following link and search for touch adjustments, it will show you the flag, click on the disable option and the browsers speed will increase.

chrome://flags/

 

There are many more flags which can be used to enhance the speed of the browser, if we continue to write on them it will take us two to three articles to write about all of them so, we are just proving you the names of the flags and the appropriate option which you should use.

All you have to do is visit the page of google chrome flags and search for the flags and choose the option which we have mentioned.

• Hyperlink auditing: mark as ‘Disabled’.
• New Media Controls: mark as ‘Disabled’.
• No-State Prefetch: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• NoScript previews: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Use all upcoming UI features: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Block scripts loaded via document write: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Brotli Content-Encoding: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Developer Tools experiments: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Experimental JavaScript: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Experimental QUIC protocol: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Fast tab/window close: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Future V8 VM features: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Number of raster threads: between 2 and 4.
• Optimize background video playback: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Override software rendering list: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Simple Cache for HTTP: mark as ‘Enabled’.
• Tab audio muting UI control: mark as ‘Enabled’.

We hope this article has helped you increase the speed of your browser by using the flags mentioned in it.