Google Chrome: right click not working - what to do?
If the right click does not work in Google Chrome, we will show you how to do this in this article. With the gesture you can normally open a link in a new window, display the source text of the page and navigate on the page. If you don't see the window as soon as you right-click, the following steps will help you.
Right click in Google Chrome doesn't work: possible causes
If you can rule out that your mouse just won't work in the Chrome browser and the input device will otherwise respond, use the next paragraph to fix the problem in Google Chrome.
- If the right click has stopped working since the last update, reinstall Chrome. Another update may be needed to fix the problem. Beta and developer versions are prone to bugs. Install only stable and tested versions.
- If your Google Chrome profile is broken, you can reset the data. How to create a new Chrome profile is described in the second section of another article about Google Chrome.
- Some plug-ins like Gestures for Google Chrome change the behavior of the mouse. Check in the respective settings whether you have changed the response to a right-click.
- In some cases, right-clicking is actively blocked on websites to prevent you from reading the source text. Extensions like Enable right click give you access.
Reasons why right-click doesn't work in Google Chrome
If you are stuck with the previous suggestions, the next section will help you simulate the right click in Chrome and perform actions with it.
- If you want to switch to the previous page in Google Chrome, press the key combination [Alt] + [left arrow key]. If you want to navigate a page forward, you can select the option using [Alt] + [right arrow key].
- You save a page with [Alt] + [S].
- If you want to print a website, do so with [Alt] + [P].
- Display the source text in Google Chrome with [Ctrl] + [U].
In another article, we will introduce you to the 50 best Chrome extensions.