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How to Enable IPv6 for Chrome (Through Your Network Settings)

By

Dinsan

Updated

Older versions of Chrome had a toggle for IPv6 in chrome://net-internals, but that option was removed years ago. Today, Chrome simply uses whatever IPv6 settings your operating system and network already have. Here’s how to turn IPv6 on at the source.

How to Enable IPv6 on Windows

  1. Open Settings > Network & internet.
  2. Click your active connection, then Edit next to IP assignment.
  3. Make sure IPv6 is set to Automatic (DHCP).

How to Enable IPv6 on Mac

  1. Open System Settings > Network.
  2. Select your connection and click Details.
  3. Under TCP/IP, set Configure IPv6 to Automatically.

Quick Tips

  • You can check if IPv6 is working by visiting a site like test-ipv6.com in Chrome.
  • If your router or internet provider doesn’t support IPv6, turning it on at the OS level won’t change anything. Chrome will just keep using IPv4.

Chrome doesn’t need its own IPv6 switch anymore. Once your network and operating system support it, Chrome uses it automatically.

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Written by

Dinsan

Dinsan Francis is the founder of Chrome Story, which he started in 2009 — the same year Google launched Chrome. He has covered the Chrome browser and Chromebook ecosystem for over 15 years and has used Chromebooks as his primary computing device since 2010. He’s always on the bleeding edge, running the Canary build of both Chrome and ChromeOS as daily drivers.

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