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I clicked a magnet link and Chrome gave me the popup saying "This site is trying to open an external app." I clicked the checkbox for it to never ask me again but I accidentally clicked the "Do Nothing" button. Now I can't seem to revert that decision.

As per this question, if I go to Settings > Content Settings (under Privacy) > "Manage Handlers..." nothing is listed. Right clicking a magnet link does not provide an "Open Link With..." option either. The question seems to be outdated.

Corey Ogburn
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After a little Googling, I found the answer.

Ensure Chrome is completely closed. No lingering extensions or icon in the system tray. Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data and there is a file named local state. Inside the file, look for protocol_handler and under that you'll find magnet: true, change it to false and save the file.

Following these instructions fixed my magnet problem.

Corey Ogburn
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For Google Chrome version 108.x on Windows 10

  1. Close Google Chrome
  2. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
  3. Open file Preferences with a text editor
  4. Look for protocol_handler and you will find <protocol>: true. Set it to false and save the file
Mahfud Harun
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I got into a similar situation where I told Chrome to always allow, but later I needed to reset the setting for testing purposes. The only thing that worked for me was going to chrome://flags and clicking reset all flags. Earlier I had looked through that page for the specific site's protocol handler and couldn't find it, but since this worked it must be in there somewhere.

Stephen
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The answer above did not work for me. But this one worked: (dont upvote my answer but his)

1) Goto URL chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

2) Select duration "Past week".

3) Select only "Cookies and other site data"

4) Click "Clear Browsing Data" and browse site again.

J. Does
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