Chrome made easy
Keep work and home apart in Chrome, and find your favourite sites in one click.
- Beginner
- Stop 0b
- 5 lessons
- About 15 minutes each
- 1Make a Work profile
- 2Search from the address bar
- 3Save a website to your bookmarks bar
- 4Let Chrome remember a password
- 5Keep Chrome up to date
15minutes
Your quick win
Click your picture again and pick your other profile. You now have Work and Home.
Lesson 1: Make a Work profile
Step 1: Open Chrome.
Step 2: Click your profile picture (top right).
Step 3: Click Add Chrome profile.
Step 4: Sign in with your work email, or keep going without an account.
Step 5: Type a name, like “Work”.
Pick a colour.
Step 6: A new window opens in your Work colour.
Lesson 2: Search from the address bar
Click the long box at the top. Type a question, like “plumber Geelong hours”. Press Enter. Tip: you can type a website too, like abc.net.au.
Lesson 3: Save a website to your bookmarks bar
Go to a site you use a lot. Click the star in the address bar. Choose Bookmarks bar. Click Done. Can’t see the strip? Press Ctrl + Shift + B (Windows) or ⌘ + Shift + B (Mac).
Lesson 4: Let Chrome remember a password
Log in to a website. When Chrome offers to save the password, click Save. Next time it fills it in for you. Only do this on your own computer.
Lesson 5: Keep Chrome up to date
Chrome usually updates by itself when you close and reopen it. To check: click the three dots (top right), then Help, then About Google Chrome. If you see Relaunch, click it. Chrome closes, opens again, and your tabs come back. No Relaunch button? You’re already up to date.
Try this now
Bookmark your business email to your Work profile’s bookmarks bar. Next stop: Google Business Profile.
Done, next stop