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Method 1 : Check if there is any zombie processes.
A simple ps –aux | grep –i chrome or ps –aux | grep –i chromium should do.
Method 2 : Removing Web Data file
C:Users\AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultWeb Data
Method 3 : Check if any of the SQLite databases is locked
Method 4 : Creating a new profile with most of the data from old profile
Ugh….
Protiguous 