Now Chromeos Can Reset Itself Without Erasing Your Laptop

This week, Google announced it’s rolling retired ChromeOS M131 to non-beta users, bringing pinch it a useful “Safety reset” characteristic that lets Chromebook users reset their laptops without wholly wiping them. The update too introduced a caller “Flash notifications” accessibility action to thief those who mightiness not different easy comprehend aliases spot them.

Like Powerwash successful ChromeOS, Safety reset will swipe nan slate cleanable if you’re experiencing instrumentality virus-like behaviour specified arsenic different pop-ups. But wherever Powerwash is simply a afloat mill reset, Safety reset preserves conception accusation and apps, arsenic bully arsenic things for illustration bookmarks and saved passwords, according to a thief archive astir nan feature.

Google too writes that users tin telephone up nan Safety reset dialog instrumentality consecutive by pressing CTRL + Shift + Search + R. Otherwise, you tin find it successful nan “Safety and privacy” settings insubstantial aliases by searching Settings aliases Launcher for keywords for illustration “Pop-up,” “Spam,” aliases “Virus.”

As for nan caller Flash notifications setting, it’s disposable successful accessibility settings nether “Audio and captions,” giving an further ocular notification parameter to those who mightiness different miss them because they’re difficult of proceeding aliases usage aboveground magnification to publication content. Users tin premier nan flash’s colour from respective options, and a preview fastener lets them spot what it looks like.