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turb

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#164389 8-Feb-2015 09:33
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I did a fairly innocuous image search on Google and clicked on an image that seemed more *ahem* interesting than the others. Straightaway two new tabs opened and a dialog box saying "you have been invited..blah blah...for more information tap OK". Needless to say there was only one option which was "OK".

So I really wanted to close all that stuff, but I really didn't want to tap OK.

Unfortunately with the dialog box open I couldn't find a way of closing Chrome without it returning to the same state.

In the end I uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled. Was this my only option?


iPad 2, ios 7.




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NonprayingMantis
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  #1232837 8-Feb-2015 10:47
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Double tap the home button, then swipe the Chrome app away to close it properly.



turb

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  #1232846 8-Feb-2015 11:13
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I tried that. Both Chrome and Safari reopen in the same state. Also tried rebooting the device.




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  #1232857 8-Feb-2015 11:40
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turb: I tried that. Both Chrome and Safari reopen in the same state. Also tried rebooting the device.


Hmm, sometimes I have found that closing tha app isingthatmethod doesn't work if you reopen the app within 5 seconds or so. Sometimes you need to leave it 30 seconds or so for the 'close' to register.



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  #1232874 8-Feb-2015 12:42
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If you have a windows machine download and run adwcleaner

http://download.cnet.com/AdwCleaner/3000-7786_4-75851221.html

Edit: just saw this was posted in Apple / iOS section

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