Chromium Portable Changelog

What's new in Chromium Portable 58.0.3000.4

Feb 6, 2017
  • Enabled experimental Widevine CDM support

New in Chromium Portable 52.0.2723.2 (May 12, 2016)

  • Added launcher support for hiding the profile button and the missing API keys infobar

New in Chromium Portable 52.0.2716.0 (May 5, 2016)

  • Added browser support for hiding the profile selection icon and the missing API keys infobar

New in Chromium Portable 50.0.2633.3 (Feb 1, 2016)

  • This release may not work on Windows XP. Please test and report!

New in Chromium Portable 42.0.2298.0 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • This release is signed with PGP instead of Authenticode.

New in Chromium Portable 39.0.2150.5 (Sep 16, 2014)

  • This release includes a native 64-bit build which is used automatically where possible.

New in Chromium Portable 39.0.2138.3 (Sep 5, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added HiDPI support enabling via launcher settings

New in Chromium Portable 37.0.2041.4a (Sep 5, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed disabling of background mode

New in Chromium Portable 35.0.1916.17 (Apr 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed crash when quitting the application by closing the last window
  • Fixed stealthiness regression in chrome_elf

New in Chromium Portable 30.0.1599.10 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Added options to load Google API keys

New in Chromium Portable 26.0.1410.12 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Fixed incompatibility with Windows XP

New in Chromium Portable 26.0.1410.5 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Changed the default search engine to DuckDuckGo for all locales
  • Bundled Mozilla's PDF.js HTML5-based PDF viewer as an extension
  • Fixed lack of tooltips

New in Chromium Portable 24.0.1284.2 (Oct 8, 2012)

  • Added PPAPI Flash support.

New in Chromium Portable 23.0.1271.10 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • Switched launchers' license to the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0.
  • Added PortablePasswords support to the PortableApps.com launcher.

New in Chromium Portable 21.0.1180.11 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • Removed Do Not Track support.
  • Fixed translations.

New in Chromium Portable 19.0.1061.1 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • Changed default engine to DuckDuckGo for English-speaking locales.

New in Chromium Portable 19.0.1049.3 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Added support for the new Java plugin location (6u31+).
  • The directory Data\Profile has been renamed to Profiles, reflecting the support for multiple profiles. The installer will automatically handle the change.
  • Added portable password encryption, using the PortablePasswords plugin used by Google Chrome Portable and Iron Portable.
  • It's now possible to store Chrome additions in the User Data Archive, by putting them in the App folder.

New in Chromium Portable 17.0.963.12a (Dec 20, 2011)

  • Fixed regression which caused Chromium to create shortcuts to itself on the desktop and Quick Launch bar.

New in Chromium Portable 16.0.912.15 (Oct 29, 2011)

  • Initial support for the Do Not Track HTTP header, based on Chromium's issue 81844.

New in Chromium Portable 16.0.912.0 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • The Settings Manager has been removed of the main package; it will be available together with other tools soon.
  • The packed launcher and the custom code of the standard launcher were relicensed under the Artistic License 2.0.

New in Chromium Portable 15.0.849.0 (Aug 26, 2011)

  • Improved crash handling in the packed launcher.

New in Chromium Portable 14.0.835.15 (Aug 26, 2011)

  • Added support for Java and jPortable.

New in Chromium Portable 12.0.733.0 (Apr 18, 2011)

  • Dropped custom user agent.
  • Moved back to using the PortableApps.com Launcher, as in 9.0.597.19 and 10.0.612.1.

New in Chromium Portable 11.0.696.12 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • The launcher can now ask to start Chromium directly in incognito mode.

New in Chromium Portable 11.0.686.0 (Mar 11, 2011)

  • Now Chromium Portable can use the default Chromium user agent string instead of the custom one.

New in Chromium Portable 10.0.648.11 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • This release is incompatible with previous versions (don't run them at the same
  • time).
  • The Chromium build bundled with this release has been modified in order to improve portability. You can run it directly, and it will load your profile from
  • Data Profile and will search for plugins in Data Plugins, both relative to
  • the directory containing the Chrome.exe executable. Note that, when using Chromium Portable this way, the options from Under the Hood->Security are not backed-up or saved. If you need specific values for these options, you should use the Chromium Portable launcher.