

Once you've got all of that done, just click the Add button to save it, and then type that magic word into the address bar and hit Enter anytime you need a fresh start. And, of course, you want it to be something you'll remember. You can actually make the keyword anything you want - restart, SOS, someone saveme, or maybe even oogaboogaheyhey, if you happen to be insane and/or a tech-savvy dolphin who says things like "oogaboogaheyhey." Whatever keyword you choose will be the command you type into the browser address bar anytime you want to restart your Chromebook, so the main thing is that you want it to be short and simple enough to be effective as a shortcut - but not so short and simple that you might enter it accidentally. Now, in the box that pops up, enter Restart as the search engine, *r* as the keyword, and chrome://restart as the URL - like so:.On the screen that comes up next, find the line that says "Other search engines" and click the Add box alongside it.Scroll down until you see the Search Engines sections, then click the line within it labeled "Manage search engines.".Type chrome:settings into the address bar of any Chrome browser window on your Chromebook.We'll just rely on the custom Chrome address bar action method I shared with you some months back to perform a quick bit of command creating magic. That's all well and good, but we can take this a step further and turn it into a true time-saving shortcut. The secret resides within a little-known Chrome command for initiating a fresh start: All you've gotta do is type chrome:restart into the address bar of any browser window, and bam - your Chromebook will restart itself. In fact, there are a few of 'em.Ĭhoose your own adventure: The Chrome OS restart shortcut: The custom command optionįirst, you can take matters into your own hands and cook up your own custom Chrome OS restart shortcut. Weird, right? But as with most things in GoogleLand, there's a pretty easy fix.
