{"id":16696,"date":"2013-03-19T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T10:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=16696"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:51:37","slug":"customize-google-search-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/customize-google-search-background\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize Your Google Search Background in Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/efficient-accurate-google-search\/\">turn to Google<\/a> for answers rather than asking someone else. If you\u2019re like most people, your browser\u2019s start page is probably the Google search page. Have you ever noticed that the background is just a plain white space, except for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/beautiful-website-search-box-ui-design\/\">search bar<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Why not make it more interesting? You can personalize your Google search background with the <strong>Custom Google Background<\/strong> extension, but only if you\u2019re using the Chrome browser.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/find-your-google-search-history\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Find Your Previous Google Search Queries\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Find Your Previous Google Search Queries<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/find-your-google-search-history.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-14001 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/find-your-google-search-history.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Find Your Previous Google Search Queries<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle is often the go-to search engine for finding answers to our questions, big or small. It's so...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>First, install the <strong>Custom Google Background<\/strong> extension to your browser. You\u2019ll need to grant it permission to access your data and browsing activity.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customize-google-search-background\/add-extension.jpg\" alt=\"Installing the Custom Google Background extension on Chrome\" height=\"294\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>After that, you\u2019ll be taken to the Settings page. Here, you can select an image for your Google search background either <strong>from your computer<\/strong> or <strong>via a URL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can even upload <strong>multiple images<\/strong> and set them to rotate randomly each time you refresh the page.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customize-google-search-background\/select-images.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing images for Google search background\" height=\"287\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, this extension allows you to customize other elements on the Google search page. You can <strong>hide specific elements<\/strong>, like the Google logo or the \u201cI\u2019m Feeling Lucky\u201d button, and adjust the position of your background image.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customize-google-search-background\/personalized-google-page.jpg\" alt=\"Personalizing the Google search page\" height=\"294\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tired of your current background? Simply click \u201cchange background image\u201d at the bottom left corner of the page. This will take you back to the <strong>Settings<\/strong> page, where you can choose a new image.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/customize-google-search-background\/change-background-image.jpg\" alt=\"Navigating back to the Settings page to change the background\" height=\"282\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, people turn to Google for answers rather than asking someone else. If you\u2019re like most people, your browser\u2019s start page is probably the Google search page. Have you ever noticed that the background is just a plain white space, except for the search bar? Why not make it more interesting? You can personalize&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3398],"tags":[1258,37,1962],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Customize Your Google Search Background<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These days, people turn to Google for answers rather than asking someone else. 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