How to Always Show Full URLs in Address Bar of Google Chrome


Google Chrome hides the https:// and www. text in web addresses by default in the address bar until you double click in the address bar.

Starting with Google Chrome 83, you can enable the Context menu show full URLs experimental flag that adds an Always show full URLs context menu to the address bar to make it easy to toggle on and off as wanted.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable always show full URLs in the address bar of Google Chrome.

Contents

• Option One: Enable or Disable "Always show full URLs" Context Menu in Address Bar of Google Chrome
• Option Two: Turn On or Off "Always show full URLs" in Address Bar of Google Chrome

OPTION ONE

Enable or Disable "Always show full URLs" Context Menu in Address Bar of Google Chrome

1 Open Google Chrome.

2 Copy and paste chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls into the address bar, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

3 Select Default (same as disabled), Enabled, or Disabled in the Context menu show full URLs drop menu for what you want, and click/tap on Relaunch to apply.

4 When finished, you can close the Experiments tab if you like.

OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off "Show me suggestions from history, favorites and other data on this device using my typed characters"

This option will only be available if you enabled the Context menu show full URLs experimental flag in Option One.

1 Open Google Chrome.

2 Right click in the address bar, and click/tap on Always show full URLs to check (on) or uncheck (off) it for what you want. (see screenshots below)

That's it,
Shawn