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One of the most annoying things I encounter on a daily basis is constantly having to reset the zoom of the chrome device emulator.

For whatever reason, each time I change the device selection, the zoom changes from 100% to the "Fit to Window" size, which is always less than 100% and renders the page and text so tiny its unusable.

I've seen the "Edit" menu under the device listing, and this is where I would expect to find the setting to always default the zoom to 100%, however, I'm not seeing it there. What am I missing?

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    good question. Exactly what i am searching for – Shyam Krishna Sreekumar Feb 15 '18 at 10:40
  • I would like to know an answer to this as well ) so far it doesn't seem to be possible (in latest Chrome version at least). – mikhail-t Mar 05 '18 at 18:15
  • Pretty late to ask something on this thread, but is the real text size on physical devices close to their size when displaying in 100% zoom in chrome? Or they're smaller in real scale? I mean, there must be a reason that the inspect tool auto-adjusts zoom value. – AliAndArdDev Mar 17 '23 at 15:53

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I had this problem for a while. Go to the right top menu as you see in the picture. Click on "Reset to defaults". It worked for me.

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In the same menu where you are resetting the zoom percentage (the "Edit" menu you mentioned), you will see an option called "Auto-adjust zoom". Uncheck that option and set your zoom to 100%. enter image description here

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