Can I run multiple versions of Google Chrome on the same machine? (Mac or Windows)

Question

This fabulous answer suggests there’s no way to run multiple versions of Google Chrome on one machine.

Every now and then you’ll get a website user stuck on an old version of Chrome (no idea how, but it happens — maybe they installed the standalone version?) with an issue, and you need to be able to verify it. Bit difficult to do that without their browser version around.

Does anyone know if there’s actually a way to do this? I.e.

1. Obtain an installer for an older version of Google Chrome (Google seems to keep very quiet about versions, which is great for users, less great for developers trying to support old versions)
2. Run two versions of Google Chrome on one machine

Answer 1

A small virtual machine maybe?

Try VirtualBox a freeware program to install virtual machines (a lot of work for what you want to do, but it'll work)

Answer 2

Chrome installations are user specific. So you can use different Windows/Mac user accounts for testing, one with Chrome Version A and another one with Chrome Version B.

Answer 3

Oldapps.com seems to have old versions of Chrome available for download. Haven’t tried them yet.

The Google Chrome support forum has some good discussion of getting old versions of Chrome.

Answer 4

As professional testers, my friends use Spoon.net browsers section to test compatibility of site in various browsers. Hope this should help you.