Chrome sync keeps pausing and asking to sign in [Solved]
- Google Chrome’s syncing is a great feature for updating your bookmarks across devices but sometimes it can be problematic.
- This guide explains what you can do to fix the paused syncing issue once and for all.
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Google Chrome’s syncing enables its users to sync that browser’s tabs and bookmarks across devices.
However, some users have posted on forums about an issue in which Chrome’s syncing keeps pausing. As a consequence, those users need to keep on signing back into Google.
How can I fix the Google Chrome sync pausing problem?
1. Reset Google Chrome
- Click the Customize Google Chrome menu button, which is at the top right of that browser’s window.
- Select Settings to open a tab that’s full of options for Chrome.
- Scroll down that tab to the Advanced button.
- Click the Advanced option to expand Settings.
- Click the Restore settings to their original defaults option right at the bottom of the tab.
- Press the Reset settings button to provide confirmation.
2. Turn off the Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome option
- Type chrome://settings/ in Chrome’s URL bar, and press the Enter key.
- Next, click the Site settings button.
- Click Cookies and site data to open the options shown directly below.
- Then toggle off the Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome option.
Note: Older Chrome versions include a Keep local data only until you quit your browser option. That’s there equivalent of the aforementioned Clear cookies and site data option you’ll need to toggle off.
3. Add a Google account page to allowed sites
- Click the Customize Google Chrome button and Settings.
- Click Site settings to open further options.
- Then select Cookies and other site data to open cookie options.
- Press the Add button for the Sites that can always use cookies option.
- Enter accounts.google.com in the text box shown directly below.
- Then press the Add button.
- Thereafter, restart Google Chrome.
4. Enable the Identity consistency between browser and cookie jar setting
- Enter chrome://flags in Google Chrome’s URL bar, and press the Return key on your keyboard.
- Then enter Identity consistency between browser and cookie jar in the Search flags box.
- Click the drop-down menu button for the Identity consistency between browser and cookie jar flag setting.
- Select the Disabled option on the drop-down menu.
- Click the Relaunch Now button.
Note: More recent Chrome versions don’t include the Identity consistency setting on their flags pages. However, users can still find that setting in older Chrome versions, such as 73.0.3683.103.
Those are confirmed resolutions for fixing Google Chrome’s syncing when it keeps pausing.
As a final resort, you can also try reinstalling the browser if the above resolutions don’t fix its syncing.
I was able to fix this problem after I added a Google account page to allowed sites. For some reason it was removed from there by one of recent windows update.
What a pain to have to sign into sync each time. HOWEVER, this procedure worked perfectly. Soooo, many, many times thank you.
Saying that this is solved is so wrong because these steps are the same as all the rest that DOES NOT WORK.
Recent Chrome versions don’t include the Identity consistency setting on their flags pages. None of the rest of these work. I’ve been having this issue for about 6 months now and absolutely hate it when Chrome forces me to close my browser for updates.
Even after uninstalled and reinstalling, the “sync paused” issue is still happening.
The steps didn’t work. as JDV says, this has been going on for 3-4 months.
tried everything to the dot. Still the same problem…..so FIRE FOX here i come the hell with CHROME BULL S..T
I FINALLY figured it out. Open settings. Go to manage google account. You will be redirected to a new tab. Go to data and personalization and unpause your web activity and location history.
Thank you so much this is the fix.. been driving me mad!! I love you ha ha
This works! Thanks Jessica you’re a legend!!!
Thanks for this! But doesn’t turning on web & app activity enable more tracking by Google and remove a lot of privacy protection?
Then toggle off the Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome option. This action is rather unhelpful as my toggle is OFF. So how do you turn something off that is off? I have tried these except for the flags bit, I’ve even uninstalled chrome and reinstalled and the problem seemed to be sorted but then returned a few times later. I feel it is a problem with Google and Microsoft to sort so please sort ASAP.
i have created a new Administrator Account and the problem is solved. After many months of same problem sync pause now all is solved
none of these worked, have had the paused problem for around four months.
its to do with the 2004 windows 10 version. Its a bug
More recent Chrome versions don’t include the Identity consistency setting on their flags pages. Can not find it !!!!
its under multiologin
Great help with your simple reply. Disabling this multilogin worked! Thanks a ton!
I can’t find this in the flags page either. as to multiologin what is that and how does that help? I would just like my PC Google Account to work properly.