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Google Chrome

Hello,
I am trying to install Google Chrome. After installing it asks me to sign in using my g-mail no and password which I do.
Everything is fine until I go into my e-mail account and find that it is full of unwanted e-mails based on my latest Google searches.
Does anyone know how to stop this.

Thanks,
Michael

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  • 23n1th
    23n1th Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Dont sign in or use chrome.
  • gadgeteer_2
    gadgeteer_2 Posts: 772 Forumite
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    I'm using Chrome. From memory that screen isn't mandatory. You can just set your home page in options to anything you want and it won't prompt you anymore
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
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    gadgeteer wrote: »
    I'm using Chrome. From memory that screen isn't mandatory. You can just set your home page in options to anything you want and it won't prompt you anymore
    It's a bit flaky on that respect as whilst you can set the homepage to something that isn't sign-on you find that it can sometimes reassert itself if you open a second Chrome window.

    But you are right - not signing in is the best option
  • Andrew1472
    Andrew1472 Posts: 301 Forumite
    mickjane wrote: »
    Hello,
    I am trying to install Google Chrome. After installing it asks me to sign in using my g-mail no and password which I do.
    Everything is fine until I go into my e-mail account and find that it is full of unwanted e-mails based on my latest Google searches.
    Does anyone know how to stop this.

    Thanks,
    Michael
    I imagine the emails are the result of your web history that Google holds.
    Delete it and stop them from recording it.http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=14148&parent=28726&ctx=topic
    It would also be worth looking at Google dashboard to see what else they know about you, and delete the stuff they have no need to know. Possibly all of it.
    http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=25471&parent=28726&ctx=topic

    And as everybody else has said, don't sign in unless you are happy with the consequences.
  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 14,803 Forumite
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    I am using chrome but I never heard something like that.


    Same here, it just opens at my home page, and my Gmail is spam free, except for the Google filtered spam box

    I can only say it works for me
    Gardener’s pest is chef’s escargot
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    I am using chrome but I never heared something like that.

    Same here... but then I don't sign in to any Google services, block tracking cookies and delete all others when the browser closes...

    Would Chromium (the open-source version of Chrome) do this? Might be worth a look...
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