How To Fix Google Chrome Not Opening In Windows 10

Sometimes Google Chrome stops responding or won't open, even if you restart the PC or reinstall it. In this video, you will learn to fix Google Chrome not opening issue on Windows 10. Depending on the problem there could be different solutions.
But Why Google Chrome Won't Open?
There may be the following reasons behind Chrome issue-
1. Running out of Memory.
2. Corrupt Google Chrome Shortcuts.
3. Malware.
4. Corrupt user profiles.
5. Missing permissions.
6. Failed updates.
7. Third-party firewall or antivirus.
8. Malicious Chrome extensions

And there may be other reasons behind the problem.

Methods to Fix Chrome Not Opening problem in Windows 10 /8.1

00:00 Intro
00:32 1. End All Google Chrome Processes & restart
01:47 2. Recreate Chrome Shortcuts.
03:10 3. Reset Google Chrome
04:35 4. Fix missing permissions.
07:05 5. Reinstall Chrome & fix permissions .

Methods not mentioned in Video but you should check-

Remove third-party firewall.

Disable Antivirus temporarily, if you have McAfee then uninstall it.

Run a malware scan.

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[gguy]

I have never had to close a process tree before. Thanks for the fix!

[mr.hippie]

Renaming my google default folder finally fixed my problem. Thank you so much for this video!

[Ven_games]

Thank you so much you dont have a idea how thankful i am btw i subscribed(:

[filipalex]

Re-creating the chrome shortcut worked for me. thanks

[aisyahyunus]

Sir you helped me a LOT! THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU SAVE MY LIFE

[sammymb]

Thank you king last one worked for me <3

[Ineedalife]

thank you so much the first method worked for me

[pantherstar]

Thanks its work brother.1 method Thanks .

[vickyarul]

Hello, thank you, This worked for me. Will this work for Microsoft edge as well? I cant open MSE either

[mariamindieta]

Great job! Thank you so much! It helped me with my issues.

[mumbaikachallenge]

Thanks renaming Google fodler and shortcut recreating worked for me

[benkweston]

Wow. After trying many other fixes suggested elsewhere, I found the fix here. Thank you!

[yvettemiley]

I am so happy as I tried for hours to fix this and I listened and followed your clear easy instructions, deleted my TREE (whatever that is) & within a minute it was FIXED> God Bless YOU Namaste. Thanks so much, I was about to go to the IT Man.

[Cholol]

I've done this multiple times and it worked twice "However" it keeps doing the same thing ? it opens the app but no google in the background ? as i changed the default file it seems to be working we'll see for how long ! thank you very much for the help i hope it works for everyone else !

[nmHispana]

Every darn time WIndows 11 does their updates this happens with Chrome not opening and with the wheel spinning and spinning taking forever for pages to load.

[Leptonia_Carnea]

for me i click it opens but not on my screen then the icon is there i hover over it, it has the chrome tab i click on that and nothing happens

[kothuripurnavenkatanaveenb]

I yried meathod 1 .
It helps me.
This is reguraly happening to me.
Can u tell why this occurs to me

[lauracy]

What if i dont find "default" folder?

[AbstruseRecluse]

None of these methods worked for me. I tried the fresh install and deleted all the files but even the new Chrome installation, not even signed in yet, won't open properly.

[josecenteno]

Why you did not activate the subtitles?