Set up Browser Care

Browser Care is a Chrome extension, so you add it to Chrome first. It also runs on CleanMyMac, so it needs to connect to the app before it starts working.

Before you start, make sure your Mac meets the requirements.

You can start installing Browser Care from CleanMyMac or from a dedicated Browser Care webpage. Either way, you add the extension to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store.

Install from CleanMyMac

If you install Browser Care from CleanMyMac, it starts working right away.

1. In CleanMyMac, click My Tools in the sidebar.

2. In the Browser Care tile, click Learn More.

   

   A dialog opens with a short description of the extension and how it helps you.

3. Click Install for Chrome.

   

   The Browser Care page opens in the Chrome Web Store.

4. Click "Add to Chrome".

   

   Chrome adds Browser Care to your browser.

Install from the Browser Care webpage

1. Open the Browser Care webpage in Chrome.

2. Click "Install from Chrome Web Store".

   

   The Browser Care page opens in the Chrome Web Store.

3. Click "Add to Chrome".

   

   Chrome adds Browser Care to your browser.

If you install Browser Care from CleanMyMac, it connects automatically. If you install it from a dedicated Browser Care webpage or directly from the Chrome Web Store, the first time you open it, Browser Care checks for CleanMyMac on your Mac. Depending on the result, it shows one of the following screens:

• Browser Care needs CleanMyMac. Is CleanMyMac installed… — Browser Care can't find CleanMyMac on your Mac. This happens if you don't have CleanMyMac installed or CleanMyMac background items are off.

  Install CleanMyMac and check if its background items are allowed.

  

• Couldn't connect to CleanMyMac — Browser Care still can't detect CleanMyMac or can't connect to it. This happens if you click It's Installed on the previous screen, but CleanMyMac isn't installed or its background items aren't allowed.

  Install CleanMyMac or check if its background items are allowed.

  

• Browser Care needs CleanMyMac. Activate CleanMyMac… — CleanMyMac is installed but not activated.

  Click Activate CleanMyMac, then follow the activation steps.

  

Once Browser Care connects to CleanMyMac, you can start managing your tabs.

After you install Browser Care, Chrome may keep it in the Extensions menu. To open Browser Care in one click, pin it to the toolbar:

1. On the Chrome toolbar, click Extensions (the jigsaw button).

2. Find Browser Care in the list and pin it.

   

You can open Browser Care from the Chrome toolbar or from CleanMyMac.

Open from the Chrome toolbar

Click the Browser Care icon in the Chrome toolbar. If you can't find the icon, pin Browser Care to the toolbar.

Open from CleanMyMac

1. In CleanMyMac, click My Tools in the sidebar.

2. In the Browser Care tile, click Open.

   

   A dedicated Browser Care webpage opens in Chrome.

3. Click Open Browser Care.

   

   Browser Care extension opens in Chrome.

By default, Browser Care doesn't work in Incognito windows. To allow it:

1. In Chrome, open the Extensions page — chrome://extensions.

2. Find the extension — Browser Care by CleanMyMac — and click Details.

3. Turn on "Allow in Incognito".