Restart My Chrome
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Source Code Repository For Restart My Chrome
Source code released under MIT License
IMPORTANT:
As of chrome version 46, They have removed access to chrome:restart in content scripts learn more here this means Restart My Chrome will no longer work, If you don't like this change by google please add your comment to the above URL maybe voicing your frustrations over this change will allow them to create an alternative API that allows restarting of chrome in extensions.
What it does:
Allows users to easily restart Chrome web browser
About this extension:
- Keep all open pages.
- Great if a plugin has stopped working
- Excellent for when browser ram usage is really high.
Features:
- Enable restart confirmation.
- Clear browser data.
- Set when to clear data from.
- Automatically restart at user set intervals.
- Open a specific page after restart i.e your home page.
Localization:
Currently supports the following locales
- en (English)
- en_Us (United States English)
- fr (French)
- More to come...
History:
We brought you [restart my fox] (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restart-my-fox), Now we bring you [restart my chrome] NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE WEBSTORE.
Clear Browser Data:
(Clear the following data from) period selected.
| Setting | Function |
|---|---|
| The past hour | Clears from the last hour. |
| The past day | Clears from the current day. |
| The past week | Clear one week from current time. |
| The last 4 weeks | Clear one month from current time. |
| The beginning of time | Clears from beginning of time. |
| Setting | Function |
|---|---|
| Clear AppCache | Clears applications cache |
| Clear Cache | Clears cache files |
| Clear Cookies | Clears stored\save session cookies |
| Clear Downloads | Clears downloads history |
| Clear FileSystems | Clears part of HTML5 local storage |
| Clear FormData | Clears any entered form data (i.e name or email) |
| Clear History | Clears browsers history |
| Clear indexedDB | indexedDB is used to store structured data. |
| Clear LocalStorage | Clears local HTML5 storage. |
| Clear PluginData | Clears any information stored by plugins |
| Clear Passwords | Clears any saved or stored passwords. |
| Clear webSQL | Used by chrome for storing structured data |
####Disclaimer The Clear Browser Data feature is use at own risk, If you use this feature then you understand the risk that it permanently deletes this data, What data does it cover see
Can any of the data be recovered once deleted, No it permanently deletes this data.
Credits:
Using popular open source projects.
- UiKit (MIT License)
- jQuery (MIT License)
- normalize.css (MIT License)
- FontAwesome (CC BY 3.0 License)