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The Chrome Extension Store is a treasure trove of tools for small businesses. These little, but powerful extensions work right alongside your browser helping you to: stay organized, work efficiently, create and share your content, manage your finances and much more.
Once you’ve browsed and chosen your extension; installing, managing and removing them is a fairly easy process.
Jun 12, 2018 - Google is making some changes to Chrome extensions so they can't be installed inline from a website anymore.
How to Add Extensions to Chrome
Once you make the decision that this is a good extension for you, simply click on the “+ ADD TO CHROME” button.
The button will change into “CHECKING” mode and you’ll be asked for permissions to “Add extension.”
Once you click “Add extension,” a notification popup will appear pointing at your new extension icon — located in your tool bar.
You have the option to leave the icon on your toolbar or hide it from the main Chrome menu. Either way, this is a great easy-access place for your most used extensions.
How to Manage Chrome Extensions
Right clicking your extension’s icon will give you a short menu of options, including the ability to manage the Chrome extensions you’ve selected.
If you’re curious and click on “Manage Extensions,” you’ll be taken to your dedicated Chrome Extensions library. Here you’ll find a list of all your active extensions, as well as those that you disabled but decided to keep.
Your new extension should be there with custom options:
In addition to disabling your extension, you have the power to limit its functionality to standard browsing or allow it in incognito mode.
How to Remove Extensions from Chrome
If you choose to “Remove from Chrome…” in the short menu shown above, you will be shown a confirmation window.
If you made sure to choose your extension carefully — meaning you only installed highly rated and reviewed extensions made my trusted developers — you should have no need to report abuse. If you do have a need to do so, however, you have that option here.
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If you just want to get rid of the extension, click “Remove” and just like that, it’s gone.
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Extensions are non-native programs that provide added functionality to Google Chrome. They're a big reason for the browser's overall popularity. Chrome uses plug-ins to process web content like Flash and Java.
Although they're free to download and easy to install, you'll occasionally need to toggle plug-ins on or off from time to time, either to increase security or to troubleshoot a problem with Chrome.
How to Delete or Disable Chrome Extensions
There are two ways to get to the right window for removing or disabling Chrome extensions. One is through the Chrome menu, and the other is by entering a specific URL into Chrome's navigation bar.
- Copy and paste chrome://extensions into the navigation bar in Chrome or use the menu button (the three vertical dots) at the top right corner of Chrome to access the More tools > Extensions option.
- Next to the extension you want to manage, either uncheck the Enabled box to disable the Chrome extension or click the trash button to remove it. The icon for disabled extensions that are still installed turns black and white, and they can be re-enabled in the future. The verbiage next to the checkbox changes from Enabled to Enable. When you opt to remove a Chrome extension, you are presented with a confirmation box, after which the extension is uninstalled and removed.
If you're deleting a Chrome extension that you didn't install yourself and suspect it was installed by a malicious program, check the Report abuse box before confirming the deletion to tell Chrome that the extension might not be trustworthy.
Re-enabling extensions in Chrome is as easy as going back to the Extensions screen and checking the box next to Enable.
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How to Disable a Chrome Plug-In
Chrome plug-ins such as Adobe Flash are managed through Chrome's Content Settings window.
- Use the chrome://settings/content URL or open the Chrome menu and follow the path Settings > Show advanced settings > Content Settings.
- Scroll to the plug-in you want to control and click on it. Click the slider to toggle the plug-in on or off. You may also see Block and Allow sections where you can input specific websites on which to disable (or enable) the plug-in.
You disable Flash, for example, by clicking the arrow to the right of it and moving the slider next to Ask First (recommended) to the Off position. Individual blocked sites or Allowed sites can be added to this screen. In some plug-ins, the verbiage next to the slider says Allow.
To stop websites from using plug-ins, click the arrow next to the Unsandboxed plug-in access listing in the Content Settings screen and activate the slider next to Ask when a site wants to use a plug-in to access your computer.