How to Enable or Disable Reading List Feature in Google Chrome
Starting with Google Chrome 89, you can click on the Bookmark icon or right click on a tab to add tabs to a reading list to save a page for later.
The Reading list button will show on the bookmarks bar by default to the right of the Other bookmarks button.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the reading list feature in Google Chrome for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.
EXAMPLE: Reading list in Google Chrome
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Here's How:
1 Create a Google Chrome shortcut using either method below, and add a space and the extension you want to use below to the end of the shortcut string.
(create shortcut)
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AND
(extension to enable Reading List for shortcut)
--enable-features=ReadLater
OR
(extension to disable Reading List for shortcut)
--disable-features=ReadLater
For example:
To create Google Chrome shortcut with Reading List enabled:
(32-bit Windows)
"%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-features=ReadLater
(64-bit Windows)
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-features=ReadLater
To create Google Chrome shortcut with Reading List disabled:
(32-bit Windows)
"%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=ReadLater
(64-bit Windows)
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=ReadLater
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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