The Task Manager in the Windows operating system lets you see applications and processes that are currently running on your computer. You may have even opened it before and noticed that you can have several Google Chrome items listed in that application.
But Google Chrome has its own, separate version of task manager that you can use to close out of processes that are running within the browser. Our tutorial below will show you how to open the Google Chrome task manager and end a process that you would like to stop running.
Google Chrome Task Manager – How to End a Process
The steps in this article will show you how to open the Google Chrome task Manager, then end a process that is running in there. Note that ending the wrong process may close the browser or stop certain features from working, so it’s best to do this only if you know exactly what process you need to end.
Step 1: Open Google Chrome.
Step 2: Click the Customize and control Google Chrome button at the top-right of the window.
Step 3: Select the More tools option.
Step 4: Click the Task manager option.
Step 5: Select the task that you want to end, then click the End process button.
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