How to Use Google Chrome as a Portable Browser

In certain circumstances, you must browse the Internet on an unknown desktop computer. These may include the PC at your office or even the cybercafes that you visit from time to time. Although you can still disconnect from these devices before you leave, some traces may still remain. And with cases of data leakage and misuse on the rise, this could prove to be pretty disastrous for you. It is here that portable applications are useful. In this guide, we will show you how to use Google Chrome as a portable browser on any PC. But before that, let's see what exactly is a portable browser and why it takes one.

The need for a portable application

Portable applications could easily be installed on any removable device such as Pen Drive. Just connect it to any PC, do your work and eject the USB stick. All activities that you have done will remain in the portable device only and leave no trace on the PC to which the device was connected. If you use Google Chrome as your mobile browser, you can use all your favorites, saved passwords, browser extensions, and more. directly from your device. There will be no clues, not even in the Windows registry of your PC.

In addition, these browsers are much faster than conventional browsers and do not consume your PC, memory or storage. Let's go further and see how to use Google Chrome as a portable browser. Besides Chrome, there are portable versions of FireFox and Opera. This guide explains the installation and use of Chrome as a portable browser. But the steps for the other two are similar and could be followed in the same way.

Download Google Chrome Laptop for Windows

You can download the portable version of your favorite browser from the links below:

Installing Chrome as a portable browser

1. To use Google Chrome as a portable browser, download the installation file from the link above.
2. To select Language, accept the Terms and conditions then choose the desired installation directory. Make sure you have connected the portable device on which you will install the browser.
   
3. It will take a minute or two to complete the installation. You will also need an active Internet during the process. Click on finish as soon as the installation is complete to close the dialog box.
   
4. Now navigate to the mobile device where you installed the browser. There will be a total of 5 files. Click on GoogleChromePortable.exe file. By using this .exe file, we could use Chrome as a portable browser.
   
5. You will now access the Chrome Welcome screen. Under the To start button, you will have the To log in button. Follow the login procedure and all bookmarks, extensions, and passwords will automatically be transferred to this portable Chrome browser.
   

That's it. It was using Google Chrome as a portable browser. If at any time you want to uninstall it, simply delete it from the portable device. In addition, if you have problems configuring the browser, please inform us in the comments section below.

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