How to Disable Send to Your Devices in Chrome

The "Send to your devices" feature of Google Chrome can sometimes be misfired despite its incredible usefulness. It sends links to any of your other devices in seconds and is pretty handy if you regularly use multiple devices. However, it is not for everyone. This is why you can disable sending to your devices in Chrome.

You may prefer the old-fashioned method of tagging the web pages you want to visit on your other devices. Or you find the tiny "Send" icon that appears on the address bar every time you click on it, a distraction. Or maybe there is a cheeky family member who keeps pestering you with tabs.

Whatever the reason, you can disable "Send to your devices" on any of your devices if you want to easily enough. So without further ado, let's start with the desktop version of Chrome (Windows and macOS), and then look at the Android and iOS versions of the web browser, respectively.

Note: You must repeat the process on each device for which you wish to deactivate the "Send to your devices" function.

Disable sending on your devices on the desktop

Disabling “ Send to your devices & #39; & #39; in Chrome on a Windows or macOS device requires that you turn off the sync setting for open tabs. This will remove the "Send" icon present on the address bar. In addition, you will also not see the "Send to your devices" options in the context menu when you right-click on web pages.

However, disabling this sync setting will also prevent you from seeing any of the active tabs on your other devices when you point to the History option in the Chrome menu. If that's not a problem, here are the exact steps you need to follow to disable "Send to your devices" in Chrome.

Step 1: Open the Chrome menu (click the three dots in the upper right corner of the window), then click Settings.

2nd step: Click the Sync & Google Services option under the Contacts section.

Step 3: Click on the option titled Manage Synchronization.

Step 4: Turn off the switch next to Open Tabs.

Note: If the sync switches on the Manage Sync screen appear grayed out, just turn off the switch next to Sync All, and you should be fine.

This should disable "Send to your devices". Note that the device may still appear on your other devices when launching “ Send to your devices '', but the tabs you send will not appear.

Disable sending on your devices on Android

Just like on the desktop, you need to turn off the sync setting of open tabs to turn off “ Send to your devices ''. in Chrome on your Android smartphone. But again, disabling this setting will also prevent you from seeing tabs open on your other devices when you tap Recent Tabs in the Chrome menu.

Step 1: Open the Chrome menu (tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner of the screen), and then tap Settings. On the Settings screen that appears, tap Sync and Google services.

2nd step: Tap Manage synchronization. In the list of synchronization settings that appear, uncheck the box next to Open tabs.

Note: If the box next to Open Tabs appears gray, just turn off the switch next to Sync All at the top of the list.

Now when you relaunch Chrome you should no longer see the "Send to your devices" option when trying to share a web page in Chrome. Additionally, web pages sent from other devices will not display either.

Disable sending on your devices on iOS

On Chrome for iOS, disabling the sync setting for open tabs will disable the "Send to your devices" option on the Chrome share sheet and prevent links sent from other devices from being displayed . As a reminder, this will also prevent you from seeing the active tabs on your other devices when you visit the Recent tabs section of the Chrome tab selector.

Step 1: Open the Chrome menu (tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner of the iPad or in the lower-right corner of the iPhone). Then tap Settings.

2nd step: Tap the option titled Sync & Google Services

Step 3: Tap Manage synchronization.

Step 4: Turn off the switch next to Open Tabs.

Note: Turn off the switch next to Synchronize All if the synchronization switches on the Manage Synchronization screen appear grayed out.

Tap Done to finish disabling "Send to your devices" in Chrome for iOS.

No delivery accepted

If you do not intend to use "Send to your devices" in Chrome, disabling the feature will not do any harm. Remember that this will also prevent you from seeing the active tabs among your devices.

If you want to send the "Send to your devices" feature again later, go back to the Manage Synchronization screen on your device and activate the Open Tabs option. Things should then return to normal.

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