Disable Chrome Default Browser Prompt in Windows 11

Disabling the Google Chrome default browser prompt in Windows 11 stops Chrome from repeatedly asking you to make it your default browser.

This prompt appears because Windows 11 uses Microsoft Edge as the default, and Chrome checks if you’d rather use it. A specific fact is that Windows 11 requires a two-step process for changing default apps, which can trigger these reminders.

Stopping this prompt means you won’t see the “Set as default” button in Chrome’s settings anymore. You can prevent this annoying notification from appearing every time you open Chrome.

Prevent Google Chrome from asking to be the default browser

You can disable the Chrome default browser prompt in Windows 11 by making a change in the Registry Editor. This action prevents Chrome from asking you to set it as your main browser each time you open Chrome, so you will no longer see that pop-up notification.

Here’s how to do it.

The Registry Editor, a powerful tool for making changes to Windows settings, must be opened as an administrator to disable the Chrome default browser prompt.

Then, navigate to the following registry key:

ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesGoogleChrome

Next, double-click the DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled (a DWORD value that stores data as a number) entry in the right-hand pane of the Chrome key to open it.

If you don’t see ‘DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled‘ listed, right-click on an empty space and choose ‘New’, then select ‘DWORD (32-bit) Value’.

Then, type the name “DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled” and enter 0 to disable the feature for the current user.

If you want to go back to how things were and have Google Chrome ask again about being your default browser, just delete the ‘DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled‘ item you created.

To apply the default browser policy to all computer users, you can use the Registry key `🗝️HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Google\Chromecopy`. This ensures consistent browser settings across all accounts on a computer by directly modifying the Windows Registry, a central database for system configurations.

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChrome

You may have to reboot your computer to apply the changes.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Disabling Google Chrome’s “Set as default” prompt prevents it from checking if it’s the default browser
• To disable the prompt, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the corresponding registry key and set the value to 0
• To revert to the default behavior, delete the “DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled” item created
• The policy can be applied to all computer users via the 🗝️HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChromecopy Registry key
• Rebooting the computer may be necessary to apply the changes