How to fix images not loading in Chrome

By default, Google Chrome is set to display images on the web pages you visit in this browser. If you find that your browser isn’t displaying images for a web page, the site may be having trouble serving the images. If your problem persists with other sites, your browser may be the problem.

You or someone else may have turned off the loading image option in Chrome, disabled JavaScript, or one of your extensions may have prevented Chrome from loading your images. This guide will look at potential ways to fix your problem.

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Use a different browser to access your website

When Chrome doesn’t display an image on a web page, switch to another web browser on your computer and see if you can load the image. You can try other browsers like Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi or Opera.

If your web page images load in other web browsers, Chrome browser problem. In this case, read on to discover more fixes.

If your other browsers also can’t load images, website has problem. In this case, the site administrator will have to enable image loading or fix issues that prevent images from serving.

Allow websites to display images in Google Chrome

Chrome offers an option that allows you to disable and allow loading of images in your web browser. If you or someone else has disabled this option, you’ll have to re-enable it to see photos on your website.

It’s quick and easy to enable this option in Chrome. Here’s how to do it.

Open Chrome browserselect the three dots in the top right corner and select Setting.
Option Privacy and security on the left and Website Settings On the right.

Scroll down the page and select Picture.
Activated Websites may display images right to buy.

Relaunch Chrome browser and open your website. Your website images should load with no problem.

Enable JavaScript in Chrome to display images

Some websites use JavaScript to provide images, and if you’ve disabled this feature in Chrome, you’ll have to enable the option to view your images.

You can enable JavaScript in Chrome as follows:

Launch Chrome browserselect the three dots in the top right corner and select Setting.
Option Privacy and security on the left and Website Settings On the right.
Scroll down and select JavaScript.

Activated Websites that can use JavaScript right to buy.

Open again Chrome browserand your problem will be solved.

Use Incognito Mode in Chrome

Chrome’s incognito mode isolates your current browsing session from other browsing sessions and your past browsing data. You should use this mode to see if your browser data is interfering with your site’s visuals.

Select the three dots in the upper right corner of Chrome browser and choose New incognito window.

Open your website in the newly launched window.

If your web page images load in an incognito window, your browsing history or Chrome extension may be at issue. In this case, follow the following methods to resolve your issue.

Disable Chrome Extensions

Chrome lets you install extensions so you can get the most out of it out of your favorite web browser. Sometimes, one or more of these extensions becomes problematic, causing many problems with the browser.

You should disable your extension to see if that fixes the problem of not loading images. You can disable each extension to find the culprit.

Launch Chrome browserselect the three dots in the top right corner and select More tools > Extensions.
Turn off all available extensions on your desktop.

Launch your website and see if your photos load. If so, enable each extension to find the problematic extension.
Once you find the culprit extension, remove it by selecting Eliminate on Chrome’s Extensions Page.

Clear Chrome Cache and Browsing Data

Chrome Store cache and other browsing files to speed up and enhance your browsing experience. When these files get corrupted or have problems, your browser starts to suffer.

Therefore, you should clear your browser cache and other data to see if that helps fix your image loading problems.

Select the three dots in the upper right corner in Chrome browser and choose History > History.
Option Clear access data in the left sidebar.
Select browser items that you are okay to lose and choose Delete data.

Close and reopen Chrome browserand your web page image will load.

Rename Chrome’s Data Folder

One way to fix many problems with Chrome is to rename the browser’s data folder. Chrome stores your browser configuration in this folder, and renaming the folder will force Chrome to recreate the profile.

That helps solve many problems with Chrome.

Close Google Chrome on your computer.

Open a File Explorer window on your PC and go to the following folder. This path assumes that you have Windows installed on OLD drive and Mahesh is your username. Replace these items if they don’t fit yours.
C:\Users\Mahesh\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome
Right click on User data folder and select Change name.
Use BK user data make the new folder name and press enter.

Open Chrome browserand your browser will reconfigure the options.

If you use a Mac computer, your Chrome data folder is located at the following path:

User / / Gallery / Application Support / Google / Chrome / Default

On Linux, you’ll find Chrome’s data directory here:

/home//.config/google-chrome/default

Update Google Chrome

Outdated versions of any application can cause various problems. If you haven’t updated Chrome in a long time, Older versions of Chrome is the reason why your website images are not loading.

Chrome automatically receives and installs any browser updates. If that doesn’t happen for some reason, you can run a manual check to find and install the latest updates.

Select the three dots in the upper right corner in Chrome browser and choose Help > About Google Chrome.
Chrome will automatically check for and install available updates.