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Starred by 2 users
Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Aug 2016
Cc:
█ brajkumar@chromium.org
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OS: Windows
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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Can't downgrade

Reported by yles...@gmail.com, Aug 18 2016 
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Auto-update to latest version
2. Find breaking bug
3. Attempt to revert to a previous version

What is the expected behavior?
Have a way to go back to an unbroken version

What went wrong?
I can't see one, even though I can see a folder from 51.0.2704.103 in Explorer.  I tried changing the version number in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon\version], which was the only reference to that number that I could find in the registry, but that didn't work.  All the other guides I found online mentioned using "chrome_old.exe" or downloading the old installer, but I couldn't find those either.  In fact, the only installer I could find for version 51 seems to have instead installed version 53...

Did this work before? N/A 

Chrome version: Version 52.0.2743.116 m  Channel: n/a
OS Version: 6.3
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 21.0 r0

This is mostly just a response to #639023

Comment 1 by brajkumar@chromium.org, Aug 19 2016

Cc: brajkumar@chromium.org
Labels: Needs-Feedback
It's quite difficult to downgrade the chrome updates. There is an other workaround where you can uninstall google chrome first and then install it again , but before doing it , first sign in in google chrome using your gmail account so that you can get all the bookmarks , apps saved in your chrome back after uninstalling and reinstalling again.

Comment 2 by grt@chromium.org, Aug 19 2016

Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
Security updates are delivered to the most recent version of Google Chrome only, so there is no supported way of moving backwards to an older version.

Comment 3 by yles...@gmail.com, Aug 20 2016 

OK, for the reinstall method can you point to where to get older versions for installing?  Security updates are only any good if the rest of the browser isn't horribly broken.

Comment 4 by grt@chromium.org, Aug 22 2016 

I cannot. Google does not provide a means to download old versions of Google Chrome. If the browser is horribly broken please file a bug so we can fix it. If you're saying it's "horribly broken" because you disagree with the way the user interface works, your best bet is to respectfully voice your opinion on the relevant crbug issue. If you would like backspace to navigate backwards, this extension restores the functionality: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/go-back-with-backspace/eekailopagacbcdloonjhbiecobagjci. I hope this helps.
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