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My name appears beside the - square and x in the corner

  • 12-01-2015 09:13PM
    #1
    ankles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭


    Weird today. Logged onto laptop and opened Chrome. IN the blue section of the toolbar on the right my name now appears, looking a bit dodgy. When I click on it it tries to get me to log into my Google + account,switch person, or go incognito. Frankly it looks a bit dodgy. Am doing a scan to see if anything picked up but was wondering if anyone else has this. IS this a new development in Chrome?


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  • #2
    advertsfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    ankles wrote: »
    Weird today. Logged onto laptop and opened Chrome. IN the blue section of the toolbar on the right my name now appears, looking a bit dodgy. When I click on it it tries to get me to log into my Google + account,switch person, or go incognito. Frankly it looks a bit dodgy. Am doing a scan to see if anything picked up but was wondering if anyone else has this. IS this a new development in Chrome?
    New Chrome feature, Users that's on by default now - can be disabled in Menu > Settings > Users (option to disable is the first option).


  • #3
    ankles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭ankles


    And if I try and add an extra person or use as Guest, I get lots of lovely new extensions like bettersurf, etc. which I have to individually delete


  • #4
    advertsfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    ankles wrote: »
    And if I try and add an extra person or use as Guest, I get lots of lovely new extensions like bettersurf, etc. which I have to individually delete
    Those come from preinstalled software on your computer, those will need to be separately uninstalled to resolve that.


  • #5
    ankles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭ankles


    Adwcleaner sorted it out, thanks. Still looks dodgy if you ask me


  • #6
    advertsfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    ankles wrote: »
    Adwcleaner sorted it out, thanks. Still looks dodgy if you ask me
    Chrome does tend to "throw" features at you without warning, a little "what's new" prompt on update via notification would be nice with a saying like "Users is now an on / off feature, click here to keep it off".


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  • #7
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,069 ✭✭✭homer911


    By logging into Chrome, your settings and favourites are shareable across platforms - I use Chrome on an iphone, tablet and PC and my favourites sync automatically


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