Chrome Debloat

A tool to generate policies for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Brave, and Edge) that disable unnecessary features, telemetry, and bloatware while enabling some quality-of-life improvements.

Features

• Attempts to disable telemetry and usage reporting
• Removes unnecessary features and pre-installed bloatware
• Blocks promotional content and unnecessary UI elements
• Maintains browser functionality while reducing resource usage
• Pre-configures essential extensions:
• uBlock Origin
• Cookie AutoDelete
• Don't f* with paste
• I still don't care about cookies
• SponsorBlock
• BlockTube
• BlankTab
• Decentraleyes

Supported Browsers

| Browser | Windows | macOS | Linux | |---------|---------|-------|-------| | Google Chrome | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Microsoft Edge | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Brave | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

Quick Start

Windows

• Download the .reg file for your browser from generated/windows/.
• Open the downloaded .reg file to add the settings to the Windows Registry.
• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy) and click "Reload policies".

macOS

• Download the .mobileconfig file for your browser from generated/macos/.
• Open the downloaded .mobileconfig file to start the profile installation.
• Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Profiles and approve the new profile.
• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy) and click "Reload policies".

Linux

• Download the .json file for your browser from generated/linux/.
• Move the downloaded file to the correct policy directory (create it if needed):
• Chrome: /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/chrome.json
• Edge: /etc/opt/edge/policies/managed/edge.json
• Brave: /etc/brave/policies/managed/brave.json

Note: You might need sudo rights to do this.*

• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy) and click "Reload policies".

Custom Configuration

If you want to customize the policies:

• Clone this repository
• Install dependencies:

``bash uv sync `

• Modify policies.yaml according to your needs
• Generate new configuration files:

`bash uv run main.py `

• Find the generated files in generated/ directory

Uninstalling Policies

Windows:

• Navigate to the uninstall/windows/ directory in this repository.
• Run the .reg file corresponding to your browser (e.g., uninstall_chrome.reg). This will remove the registry keys added during installation.
• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy) and click "Reload policies".

macOS:

• Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Profiles.
• Select the profile associated with your browser (e.g., "Chrome Debloat Policies").
• Click the '-' (minus) button to remove the profile.
• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy) and click "Reload policies".

Linux:

• Remove the policy JSON file from the browser-specific directory (you might need sudo rights):
• Chrome: sudo rm /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/chrome.json
• Edge: sudo rm /etc/opt/edge/policies/managed/edge.json
• Brave: sudo rm /etc/brave/policies/managed/brave.json
• Restart your browser or go to chrome://policy (or edge://policy, brave://policy`) and click "Reload policies".

Policy Documentation

• Chrome Enterprise Policies
• Brave Policies
• Microsoft Edge Policies

License

Apache 2.0

--- Tranlated By Open Ai Tx | Last indexed: 2026-02-23 ---