Google Chrome Preload Pages Settings: Should You Turn ON Preload Pages?
You can access the settings of Preload Pages in Google Chrome on computer:
Click three dots on top right corner, then Settings → Performance → Speed.
In Chrome Android mobile, follow this navigation: Settings → Privacy and security → Preload pages.
So, What is ‘Preload Pages’ in Google Chrome browser?
Preload Pages feature in Chrome browser enhances the speed and performance of your Chrome browser because Chrome browser downloads or prefetches the websites in background, you are most likely to open, and quickly presents you the downloaded webpages when you actually click or request to open those links.
Chrome browser downloads the webpages in advance, based on your browsing history and preferences.
Similar is the Startup Boost feature in Edge browser.
Should You Turn ON Preload Pages in Chrome?
Should you enable or disable Preload Pages settings in Chrome?
Normally, I prefer to keep the ‘Preload Pages’ turned ON in Chrome browser for faster browsing experience.
However, please keep in mind that though limited, this feature uses memory resources (RAM, SSD or HDD) as well as internet data for preloading of webpages in the background.
Therefore, if you have limited data package, then you can turn it OFF. You can access the tweak here:
Previous Settings: Chrome Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data > Preload pages for faster browsing and searching.
Note: above was the old settings. Please follow the following new and Updated Settings navigation to turn off/on the preload pages in Chrome:
👉️ ON PC: Click three dots on top right corner, then Settings → Performance → Speed.
👉️ ON Chrome Mobile: Click three dots on top right corner, then Settings → Privacy and security → Preload pages.
If you experience glitches while using some heavy resource consuming applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro or FilmoraPro video editing software, you can temporarily turn OFF the ‘Preload Pages’ in Chrome browser, to save system resources and better performance of your computer.
However, if you have a good internet data package and your computer has spacious RAM and SSD then I will suggest you always keep the Page Prefetch turned ON for faster browsing experience in Chrome browser.
Understand the Chrome Preloading through an Example
Take the example of this webpage, showing Women Products of various categories. The webpage contains the Links of products about Clothing, Shoes, Beauty Products.
With Google Chrome tracking your browsing history and understanding your preferences, it customizes your web experience. For instance, if you like clothes but not shoes, Chrome will fetch and preload the links related to clothes on the above webpage, while it may not preload product links of shoes, beauty, and bags.
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Should you select Extended Preloading or Standard Preloading?
I personally utilize the "Standard Preloading" feature in Google Chrome to strike a balance between quick browsing and my computer's memory usage.
If you prefer not to wait for webpages to load, "Extended Preloading" could be the solution for you to enhance browsing speed in Google Chrome.
👉️ Watch Video Tutorial for Chrome Preload Pages.
Pro Tip: If you activate SYNC settings for your Google account, any changes made to the “Preload Pages” setting on one device, like Chrome Desktop, will automatically sync with Chrome Mobile on your phone.
I hope now you have a better understanding of the Google Chrome Preload Pages functionality.
More Resources
Google Chrome Performance and Speed - Quick Tips.
Google Chrome Accessibility Features Settings.
Google Chrome Memory Saver and Energy Saver Settings.
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