Bypassing animated Google doodles

Google often replaces its browser logo with a graphical variation, which it calls a Google doodle. Occasionally, Google animates a doodle. If you use a Chrome or Chromium browser, or a Chromebook, you probably enjoy most Google-browser startup doodles. However, you might not appreciate Google's animated startup doodles because you find them distracting.

This document explains how to bypass animated Google doodles easily in either Chrome or Chromebook.

Bypassing animated doodles in Chrome
If you use either a Chrome or Chromium browser, you can bypass animated Google startup doodles as follows:

1. As shown in Figure 1, click the Customize button (three horizontal bars) to display its menu.

   

   Figure 1 - Clicking the Customize button.

2. Click Settings to display its page.
3. In the On startup section, select Open the New Tab page as shown in Figure 2.

   

   Figure 2 - Setting each Google-browser startup as a new tab page.

4. Close the Settings page.

Bypassing animated doodles in Chromebook
If you use a Chromebook, you can bypass animated Google startup doodles as follows:

1. As shown in Figure 1, click the Customize button (three horizontal bars) to display its menu.
2. Click Settings to display its page.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and then click Show Advanced Settings.
4. Scroll to the On startup section, and then select Open the New Tab page. as shown in Figure 2.
5. Close the Settings page.