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I have several users defined in my chrome browser. Each user has several windows open and each window has several tabs open.

I'd like to close all the windows/tabs of a specific user, while still be able to:

  1. Keep all the other users' windows/tabs open.
  2. Have all the closed user's windows/tabs restored when reopening the profile.

Any idea if there's some UI button or keyboard shortcut I missed?

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This is not possible right now, but you can star this feature request if you'd like to see it introduced: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=130656

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  • I did. ;) May be we start signing some change org petition now? :)
    – poige
    Aug 7, 2016 at 16:00
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    Quote from that page! -> Comment 37 by [email protected], Yesterday (42 hours ago) Status: Fixed This has been addressed in M55 with the new update to the user menu, rolling out in the next week. When there is more than one window open for a given profile, a new "Close all your windows" button will appear at the bottom of the user menu. Thanks for all your feedback, everyone. Dec 3, 2016 at 8:53
  • (for the record): version 58 's been release recently and still it lacks of the fix.
    – poige
    May 3, 2017 at 0:54
  • @AlikElzin-kilaka this answer is outdated and wrong now, please change the accepted answer.
    – TWiStErRob
    Jun 6, 2020 at 17:52
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It seems that a new features was introduced in chrome's stable build - mine is 55.0.2883.75 (64-bit). See screencap below.

It's a new option in the profile's left click: Close all your windows.

The problem is that it doesn't always restore all the closed windows and sometimes doesn't even restore at all, even though my startup setting is set to Continue where you left off.

EDIT: It seems that there are issues with the restoration and cleanup. More info here.

enter image description here

edit(2017-08-09) - No need for right click anymore. Left click does the job.

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    Note also that the extensions are not closed when pressing this button which is basically 50% of the reason for having the button. Dec 13, 2016 at 8:02
  • @HaydenMoulds - Thanks. That's what I meant by the term "cleanup". Dec 13, 2016 at 9:23
  • As of version 63, there is no such option anymore.
    – Tgr
    Jan 2, 2018 at 18:31
  • @Tgr - They changed it to left click. Exists in version 63.0.3239.108 (Official Build) (64-bit). Changed description to left click. Jan 3, 2018 at 8:30
  • Not in my browser (which is the same build): i.stack.imgur.com/fLiMk.png
    – Tgr
    Jan 3, 2018 at 8:36
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This has been possible for a while. Here's a screenshot from Chromium 71:

Chromium exit profile

There are some bugs still, e.g. some windows may not be restored, or some extensions may keep running. But if you have one window per profile, its tabs are saved and restored fine.

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    Only one window per profile? That's absurd! ;-)
    – jlucktay
    Dec 12, 2019 at 16:43
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This is confirmed that it works in MacOS version 93 of Google Chrome by indeed left clicking on the circle of the Account

enter image description here

One needs to click on "Close 2 Windows", which is not present when only one window is open (in that case you just close the single window)

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