How can I sign in to Chrome but not immediately sync everything?

google-chrome sync

Solution 1:

How can I sign in to Chrome but not immediately sync everything?

Use the following command line switch:

--disable-sync Disables syncing browser data to a Google Account.

Source Reference List of Chromium Command Line Switches

See Run Chromium with flags for instructions on how to run chrome with added command line switches.

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