--- title: Why is Google Docs Locking My Browser? | GSuite Solved description: Chrome Browser Freezing? Figure out which Chrome Extension is causing your delays. Optimize your browsing experience now! image: https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/General%20Article%20Graphic-Mar-21-2024-09-11-30-9884-PM-Mar-26-2024-08-38-56-6432-PM.jpg --- [![c2c logo blue](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/c2c-logo-blue.svg "c2c logo blue")](https://www.c2cglobal.com/) [Google Workspace](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/google-workspace) # Google Docs Freezing/Locking Browser By [Mark Fanjoy](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/author/mark-fanjoy) | January 12, 2022 Hi, all. When I open any of my Google Docs, regardless of type, they will freeze my Chrome Browser and all open tabs for about :20-:30 secs.  Then, they begin to function normally until I close and re open, and the condition then repeats. This issue began about a month after I upgraded to Monterey, but doesn't seem to have been the direct cause, as the documents functioned normally for a while. I have uninstalled and re installed Google Drive.  I have left the synced file directory on my hard drive at it's default install location.  I have not reinstalled Chrome, but regularly clear the Cache.  I have not reinstalled the OS, as all other program apps are functioning normal. Conditions: - Persists whether I open a file from synced hard drive or directly from Google Drive online - Persists from different locations, different Service Providers, different routers. - No one else that shares these files experience this condition. - From my new 2021 Macbook Pro laptop, I do not experience any of these conditions.  - I do not experience this issue with any other Web sites while browsing in Chrome. So, I've narrowed the range of culprits as tight as I know how to do. Ideas? **Best answer by Alfons** I had a similar problem some time ago but only with Google Slides, I disabled Chrome extensions including the ones from Google until I found the one causing the problem. I suggest to start with that approach. --- ## Recent Articles [Data Analytics](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/data-analytics) ## [Generative AI: Are You Behind?!](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/generative-ai-are-you-behind) Review the latest insights from the AI Readiness Report. By Bruno Aziza [Industry Solutions](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/industry-solutions) ## [Make "Gen AI Work": Landscape, SLMs vs. LLMs, Cost & More...](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/make-gen-ai-work-landscape-slms-vs.-llms-cost-more) Discover the 5 metrics you need to know in order to be an exceptional CEO and Operator. By Bruno Aziza [Google Cloud Strategy](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/google-cloud-strategy) ## [AI Cheat Sheet](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/ai-cheat-sheet) AI is no more and no less the drive to create robots with human minds so they can do everything we do and more. Use this cheat sheet to help decode the space. By Leah Zitter ## Subscribe to our newsletter Get the latest from C2C, direct to your inbox. [Subscribe](https://share.hsforms.com/1znKGo6ySS9uaRyvLQQzxRw4qbyr) ![c2c-logo-white-tagline](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/c2c-logo-white-tagline.svg "c2c-logo-white-tagline") C2C is the only peer-to-peer community built to support, connect, and educate Google Cloud customers across regions and industries so they can better harness the power of the cloud—and each other—to solve their biggest challenges and drive innovation. ©2024  C2C Global. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy](https://www.c2cglobal.com/privacy) 20 N Wacker Drive • Suite 1810 • Chicago, IL • 60606 **Join over 60K members on C2C.** Let's connect! - [mailto:hello@c2cglobal.com](mailto:hello@c2cglobal.com) - - - [![X](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/twitter-x-icon-white.svg)](https://twitter.com/MeetC2C) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=2634489&fmt=gif)