How to Browse Webpages Offline in Google Chrome

You might be thinking how is it possible to browse webpages in Google Chrome when you’re offline? So, let me tell you friends that it’s 100% possible! You can view the pages of websites and blogs you previously accessed in Google Chrome.

But, if you’re thinking that you can generally browse all the web pages saved in history, then you’re wrong. If you try to do so, you will see a dinosaur image saying that it is unable to connect to the Internet.

So, you might be thinking how can I work offline in Google Chrome? Don’t worry and look at the following to learn how to browse webpages offline in Google Chrome browser.

Browse Webpages Offline in Google Chrome

Almost, all the versions of Google Chrome support offline browsing though the option for easily accessing the cached pages offline might be hidden in your browser. So, you’ll have to enable it to view webpages offline in Google Chrome.

Just follow the steps given below to enable offline browsing in the Google Chrome browser:

• Just open your Google Chrome browser and type in the URL bar chrome://flags to open the experimental settings page.

Note: Google itself beware you that be careful, these experiments may bite

• From the numerous experimental features, look for “Enable Load Stale Button” and select Enabled. Finally, click on the Relaunch Now button found below the page or just restart your browser for changes to be applied.

• Now, to check whether your experiment is successfully implemented or not, just turn off your WiFi or stop accessing the Internet connection and reopen your Chrome browser. Next, enter the URL of the webpage you wanna access offline. If a stale copy of that webpage exists in the browser or you’ve browsed it before, a button will be presented to allow the user to load that stale copy.

That’s all! As soon as you click on the Show Saved Copy button, a stale copy of that URL will be loaded (if present). The best thing is that Google Chrome caches the Images, JavaScript, and CSS Stylesheets along with HTML content so your offline copy of the webpage will look like the original.

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Conclusion

If you’re offline on a flight, you can still open and read websites that you accessed when you were online on your laptop. Moreover, in Internet Explorer and Firefox, you can also do it by using their built-in Offline mode option that displays the local copy of webpages when you’re not connected to the Internet.