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Use below hack to access the chrome settings or any website from chrome with 4 keystrokes or less!

Fast Access to Chrome Settings with Omnibar

by Walter Teng, Jun 2021

Normally, chrome settings can be accessed by either:

  • typing chrome://settings/ on the omnibar or
  • by click on the "customize and control" button (aka 3 dot button) on the top right corner of chrome to access the chrome menu.

With the settings below, we can perform the same actions in 4 keystrokes or less

Access Chrome Settings from Omnibar

CTRL + L + S + Enter

Steps

  1. go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
  2. click "add"
  3. enter the following
// Search Engine:
Chrome Settings
// Keyword:
s
//URL with %s in place of query
chrome://settings/

Access Chrome Extensions from Omnibar

CTRL + L + E + Enter

Steps

  1. go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
  2. click "add"
  3. enter the following
// Search Engine:
Chrome Settings
// Keyword:
s
//URL with %s in place of query
chrome://extensions/

The same idea can also be extended to other chrome urls, or even regular websites that you visit often.

For full list of chrome urls: chrome://chrome-urls/

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