How do I Add Thumbnails in Chrome [Easy Ways]

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Updated onMarch 5, 2024

updated onMarch 5, 2024

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Thumbnails inGoogle Chromeare a great feature. They let you see what to expect from a site or how a web page looks like without leaving your current tab so that you don’t have to click back and forth between tabs.

However, not everyone knows how to use this feature on their computers. If you’re one of those people, then you’ll want to learn how to enable it so that you can benefit from it. In this article, we show you how to do so in your Chrome browser.

How do I add thumbnails on the Google Chrome homepage?

1. Add automatically

The essence of clearing cookies is to delete any saved pages that may have been automatically added to your thumbnails owing to the frequency with which you visit the said site.

The same method applies if you want to know how to add thumbnails to Google Chrome homepage on your mobile. Unfortunately, there’s no way to add sites manually for mobile devices.

2. Add manually

3. Add Chrome tab thumbnail preview

Aside from adding thumbnails on your homepage, you can also create a preview of the open tabs in your Chrome browser. This is useful so that you don’t have to keep clicking from tab to tab when all you have to do is hover your mouse over an open tab.

Why are my tab thumbnails not showing in Chrome?

If your thumbnails are not showing in Chrome, it could be because of one or more of the following reasons:

Now that you know how to add thumbnails on both the homepage and browser tabs in Chrome, your browsing experience should be elevated. Should they go missing, you can easilyget your missing Google Thumbnails back with these methods.

If you encounter an error where yourChrome’s most visited sites section is not showing, check out our guide for additional help.

Let us know if you have been able to follow through with this article and successfully create some thumbnails.

How do I Add Thumbnails in Chrome [Easy Ways]#

How do I add thumbnails on the Google Chrome homepage?#

1. Add automatically#

2. Add manually#

3. Add Chrome tab thumbnail preview#

Why are my tab thumbnails not showing in Chrome?#