What is Chrome Settings Button?
Chrome Settings Button is one of the browser extensions presenting themselves as useful software. Its description available on its official website chromesettingsbutton.info specifies what it should do – add a button on Google Chrome browser allowing users to access its settings with a single click. Although this might sound like an advantage, we are not so sure that this piece of software is very beneficial because it is not hard to access the browser’s settings without it as well. On top of that, we cannot confirm that it is a fully trustworthy extension. Specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have classified this extension as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) because they have found evidence that it might perform undesirable activities on users’ computers, which is definitely not a feature of reliable software. It should be emphasized that potentially unwanted applications are not as harsh as real malware; however, their presence might still have undesirable outcomes, so, in the opinion of our specialists, such a program should not be kept active on the system. You will find all its drawbacks listed in the next two paragraphs of this article, so if you still have not arrived at a final decision regarding the future of Chrome Settings Button, you should continue reading this article.
What does Chrome Settings Button do?
If we believe the information available on the official website of Chrome Settings Button, this piece of software should enable users to access Google Chrome settings with the click of a button. Frankly speaking, its settings can be accessed easily without special software (a user needs to click the button in the top-right corner and select Settings), so we have some doubts about the usefulness of this extension. We can assure you that it is not the reason why it has been categorized as a potentially unwanted program. Specialists who have tested this browser extension say that it does not act as a fully reliable piece of software. According to them, it might start collecting information about users. It should be both non-personally identifiable and personal information, judging from the information available in the Privacy Policy document. It should record the following non-personally identifiable details: IP address, computer and connection information, and the default time zone. As for the personal information, it will not miss a chance to record your name, email address, telephone number, country of origin, and other details. It records these details that can identify users personally only when they submit those details voluntarily. Unfortunately, it is only one of two undesirable activities this extension might start performing on users’ PCs. Specialists say that it might even display the third-party content. To put it differently, you might start seeing ads or sponsored links. They might take you to untrustworthy pages against your will if you keep clicking on them.
Where does Chrome Settings Button come from?
There are two possible reasons why you see Chrome Settings Button on the list of Google Chrome extensions. First, you could have downloaded it from its official website or the Chrome Web Store. Second, it could have entered your system in a software bundle. No matter how it has appeared on your computer, you should erase it because it is not a fully reliable piece of software. As has been mentioned in the previous paragraph, it might perform undesirable activities on users’ computers. It is not the only suspicious extension actively spread these days, so you should be more cautious from now on so that you could prevent similar undesirable software from showing up on your computer. It is not always enough to be more careful, so we recommend installing powerful security software to ensure the system’s maximum protection as well.
How to delete Chrome Settings Button
You should not find the Chrome Settings Button removal a challenging task if you know how to access the add-ons manager and disable an ordinary browser extension. Yes, this piece of software is nothing more than a typical Google Chrome extension. If you are not one of those experienced users, follow our step-by-step manual removal instructions you will find below this article. You can also clean your system automatically – it is surely the easiest potentially unwanted software removal method.
Delete Chrome Settings Button
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- Start Google Chrome and press Alt+F.
- Select More tools.
- Open Extensions.
- Select Chrome Settings Button and click the trash button.
- Click Remove.
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