How do you exit Chrome ????

[SnoDude]

Well its OK for techie dudes to discuss the finer points of App behaviour, but the likes of regular users get confused and lose confidence if they see multiple spawned pages remaining open. My sister is a case in point- having looked for a vacation on a site that opens a new window for every query, she now has a crowded screen on opening her device and some error message that just scares her off.

We have been training the general public to accept Consumer choice, and targeted marketing as the norm. My sister now feels she is the target and has gone back to her PC, while the new tablet is gathering dust. Thats her choice. Android is obviously for condescending programmers, and she is too thick to sort out a simple problem...

You can argue that its not the intent- but thats how we make the 'general public' feel.

SD

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Sorry that you feel that way. I think it's a little unfair to characterize Android as being for "condescending programmers," but I can see how it can be frustrating to someone who isn't used to it. Everything has a learning curve, and Android's is admittedly a little steeper than iOS's, but I think the benefit is much more choice and flexibility. For example, if your sister was frustrated by how Chrome was behaving, she could have easily tried any number of other browsers available in Google Play, like Dolphin Browser, Boat Browser, Maxthon, and Opera, to name just a few. Maybe if she picks the device up again in the near future, you could suggest those options for her.

By the way, I would suspect that the reason why your sister had all of those spawned windows was the website she visited, rather than Chrome itself. Travel and vacation sites are notorious for popups and multiple windows, especially if you initiate a search. But I would agree that once there are a lot of tabs open, it can be tedious to close all of them individually in Chrome, since the "X" tab close button is small, and is right next to where you press for a new tab.

 

[nelhop]

Those travel sites spawn a great many pop-ups and windows on desktop computers, too. It's just a bit easier to close them on the PC than a tablet or phone.

Welcome to Android Central! Sorry that you feel that way. I think it's a little unfair to characterize Android as being for "condescending programmers," but I can see how it can be frustrating to someone who isn't used to it. Everything has a learning curve, and Android's is admittedly a little steeper than iOS's, but I think the benefit is much more choice and flexibility. For example, if your sister was frustrated by how Chrome was behaving, she could have easily tried any number of other browsers available in Google Play, like Dolphin Browser, Boat Browser, Maxthon, and Opera, to name just a few. Maybe if she picks the device up again in the near future, you could suggest those options for her.

By the way, I would suspect that the reason why your sister had all of those spawned windows was the website she visited, rather than Chrome itself. Travel and vacation sites are notorious for popups and multiple windows, especially if you initiate a search. But I would agree that once there are a lot of tabs open, it can be tedious to close all of them individually in Chrome, since the "X" tab close button is small, and is right next to where you press for a new tab.

 

[rxgadget]

Close the tabs at the top by hitting the x then just hit the back button. You can then also go to recent apps and swipe it away.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

How you reset Chrome? I don't want that it open last visited page when I open it, I want it to clear all when I finish surfing,
and also I would want to get rid of autocompleting.

First swiping it out if recent apps just clears it from the recent apps page view.

To cancel out or close out the pages/tabs on Chrome look in the top right corner of each table and see a small x. Just keep clicking the x and that closes each tab. If you want a tab to stay open then don't click the x.

What I have found is when I have 1 tab or 5 tabs open and I leave Chrome, when I come back I have to click each tab and it has to refresh the data. To me that shows it is not constantly running in the background.

The big thing you have to remember is this is not a PC with Windows or a i*** OS. Android manages to keep things in memory without draining battery. Android developers have been saying this for the last 3 years. More so low than ever a task killer or force stopping an app is more detrimental to the OS than letting it be closed when Android needs that memory for something else.

I hope this helps someone.

From Tapatalk Pro on my Nexus 7 (2012)

 

[B. Diddy]

First swiping it out if recent apps just clears it from the recent apps page view.

Thanks for that response! Although I would mention that swiping away apps in the Recent Apps list is a bit more complicated. Bottom line is that some apps will close, while others won't, depending on the app and its code. This is according to the following article, which also quotes a Google engineer: What Exactly Happens When You Swipe An Android App From the Recent Apps List? Granted, the article refers to Ice Cream Sandwich, but I would assume they haven't drastically changed this function since then.

 

[malibu66]

To add fuel to the fire, I am here because after two years of dealing with some days only 6-7 hours of battery life, I noticed that Chrome is using up to 5% of CPU while in the background. I wasn't exiting it because there is no way to, and Android makes it seem like killing an app is NOT the right thing to do. I have a lot of experience in tech so I know when it is ok and when it isn't but I still don't like doing it because it is completely awkward. I had watch dog installed but Chrome seems to skate right under it. This kind of app design is *absolutely wrong*. In my opinion it should be an embarrassment for any app designer, but for Google to do this.. need I say more.

This issue has cost me money for extra batteries, and to miss various important messages after my battery has died unexpectedly at times even before lunch.

That said, I'm glad I know what the problem is. I sill think Android is the way to go, since these kinds of issues are a drop in the bucket compared to the walls put up by Steve Jobs.

 

[AzDayton]

On my phone (Galaxy Note 4), I can close all tabs and it will close Chrome.
On my tablet (Galaxy Note 10.1/15), I can close all tabs and it will leave me on a black screen with a menu icon in the top right, and a + icon in the top left. If I check the task manager, it shows 0% CPU, but still sucking down 8.68MB RAM (plus who knows what else, file handles, etc.)

There's no free rides. If something's open, it's using resources. What's weird is that these are the exact same version of Chrome (according to the version number anyway), but they act differently. VERY annoying!

 

[William Beilstein]

The reason that I use a browser that I can actually use a quit button is because I want to get rid of all history and cache. I have Firefox setup to remove everything when I click its quit button. I am not going anyplace bad but my browser activity is no one's business that might look at a browser page on my phone.