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chrome-clean-install

Refresh Chromium-based browsers by backing up profile/cache data, guiding a clean reinstall, and restoring bookmarks only.

First seen Jul 2, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add laststance/skills --skill chrome-clean-install
View on skills.sh ↗ GitHub repository ↗

Summary

  • Refresh Chromium-based browsers by backing up profile/cache data, guiding a clean reinstall, and restoring bookmarks only.
  • Use when Chrome, Chrome Canary, Edge, Brave, Arc, Dia, or another Chromium browser has browser-specific corruption, black screens, Meet/video issues, bad flags, GPU/WebGL cache problems, or profile-state bugs.

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Repository health

Stars 1
License LICENSE
Default branch main
Open issues 3
Status Active

Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 2,341 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 360 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 6 installs

SKILL.md

Chrome Clean Install

Purpose

Use this skill to perform a clean-install-style refresh for Chromium-based browsers without losing the old profile. The workflow moves profile/cache data to a timestamped backup, lets the browser regenerate clean state, and restores bookmarks only when requested.

Default browser: Chrome. If the prompt includes a browser name, use that name.

When To Use

  • Browser-specific video, WebGL, GPU, black-screen, Google Meet, tab, extension, or flag issues.
  • Same account/site works in another browser, so network/account is unlikely.
  • User wants a clean install, profile refresh, or “only bookmarks back” recovery.

Core Workflow

  1. Normalize the browser name. If omitted, use Chrome.
  2. Load references/browser-paths.md for known macOS paths.
  3. Run a dry run before changing files:

``bash node scripts/chromium-clean-install.mjs backup --browser "Chrome" --dry-run ``

  1. Run backup when paths look correct:

``bash node scripts/chromium-clean-install.mjs backup --browser "Chrome" ``

  1. Tell the user to reinstall or relaunch the browser, then test the issue before Sync/extensions/flags return.
  2. If bookmarks should return:

``bash node scripts/chromium-clean-install.mjs restore-bookmarks --browser "Chrome" --from-backup "/path/to/backup" ``

Safety Rules

  • Move data into a backup folder; do not delete profile/cache data.
  • Quit the browser before moving or restoring files.
  • Restore only Bookmarks and Bookmarks.bak unless the user explicitly asks for more.
  • If the browser is unknown, require explicit --support-dir and optional --cache-dir.
  • If the user has not launched the reinstalled browser yet, ask them to launch once so the destination profile exists.

References

  • Known browser paths: references/browser-paths.md
  • Detailed procedure and recovery notes: references/workflow.md
  • Helper script: scripts/chromium-clean-install.mjs