You can set permissions for a site without changing your default settings.
#Change settings for all sites
- Open Chromium.
- At the top right, click More Settings.
- Under "Privacy and security," click Site settings.
- Select the permission you want to update.
To change permissions and data storage on all sites you’ve visited, you can also select View permissions and data stored across sites.
#Permissions that can be changed
- Cookies: Cookies are files created by websites you visit. They make your online experience easier by saving browsing information.
- Images: Images are allowed by default.
- JavaScript: JavaScript helps make sites more interactive.
- Handlers: Chromium allows external applications and web services to open certain links. If you set a default action for a type of link but want to delete it, and select "Cookies and other site data."
- Popups: By default, pop-ups are blocked from showing up automatically. Learn more about .
- Ads: Choose whether to see ads on sites that have intrusive ad experiences.
- Location: By default, Chromium asks you if a site can see your exact location information. Learn more about .
- Notifications: Some websites can show notifications on your computer desktop. By default, Chromium asks you if a site can show notifications. Learn more about .
- Microphone: Some sites can ask to use your camera and microphone.
- Camera: Some sites can ask to use your camera and microphone.
- Unsandboxed plugin access: Some sites need plug-ins so they can let you do things like stream video or install software. By default, Chromium asks you if a site's plug-in can bypass Chromium's sandbox to access your computer.
- Automatic downloads: If you want to download multiple files from a site, choose whether to download them automatically or not.
- MIDI devices: Some websites want to use System Exclusive (SysEx) messages to gain full access to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) devices.
- USB devices: You can connect a website to a USB device, which lets the website control and record information from the device.
- Background sync: If your computer goes offline during a task (like a chat message or photo upload), some sites can finish the task when the computer is back online. The sync will happen in the background, even if you leave the website.
- Fonts: Sites can ask if they can use fonts installed on your local device. You can also block or allow certain sites.
- Zoom levels: You can set how much you zoom in to certain websites.
- PDF documents: By default, Chromium opens PDFs in the Chromium PDF viewer. To download PDFs instead of opening them, turn on Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chromium.
- Protected content: Choose to let Chromium play protected content. Also, on Windows or Chromiumbooks, choose to allow sites to see necessary information about your device.
- Add Motion sensors
- Unsandboxed plugin access
- Serial ports
- File editing
- Clipboard
- Payment handlers
- Augmented reality
- Virtual reality
- Insecure content
- Images
#Change settings for a specific site
You can allow or block permissions for a specific site. The site will use its settings instead of the default settings. You can also clear data for a site.
- On your computer, open Chromium .
- Go to a website.
- To the left of the web address, click the icon you see: Lock, Info , or Dangerous .
- Click Site settings.
- Change a permission setting. Your changes will automatically save.