Stop Chrome

Terminate rogue Chrome processes

Google Chrome has an issue where when you close it, it still runs in the background, even when background apps and refresh are turned off. Stop Chrome is a desktop application that displays an indicator in the system tray, telling you whether Chrome is running or not, and allows you to quickly stop chrome running in the background.

📃 Installation

⚠️ Running this application may trigger your Antivirus. This is a FALSE POSITIVE. Add this application to the exception list if you don’t want to see alerts.

1. Download the latest release.
2. Run the installer or extract the zip into the desired directory.
   • Installer installs into AppData/Local/Stop-Chrome.
3. Run Stop Chrome.exe.

👨‍💻 Contributing

AI generated code is strictly prohibited on this repository.

• Build using npm run build or npm run prepare. Make sure to run npm run rebuild first.
• Test builds using npm run start:dev.
• Package builds using npm run make.

💼 License

This software is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2.0.