How to install extensions for Google Chrome. Where are extensions located in the Google Chrome browser? Where to download extensions for Google Chrome
Google Chrome are mini-programs that are placed “on top” of the browser itself and are designed to complement its capabilities. They are so named because expanding t the functionality of the browser, adding new functions to it.
In different browsers, extensions are named differently, in some places they are called plugins, and in others add-ons or add-ons, but the essence is the same for all - to make the Internet experience individual, tailoring the program to a specific user.
Remember that extensions are created by third-party developers and can affect the quality of the browser, that is, they are not always safe. However, don’t panic ahead of time, just install extensions that you trust, with a lot of users and positive reviews
What extensions are there?
The number of extensions and their types depends on the browser you use. Google Chrome has thousands of different extensions, from changing the browser theme and adding additional VKontakte settings to installing specific features related to the work of programmers.
In the lesson about virtual ones, we talked about the fact that the maximum number of visual bookmarks in the Google Chrome browser is only eight, and you won’t be able to manage them; they are installed automatically based on your activity.
Some may find this standard solution inconvenient: there are too few bookmarks or you want to add your own, what should you do? The answer is obvious - install the extension. But how do you know if there is such a thing, and if so, what is it called, how to install it?
Where to download extensions for Google Chrome
All extensions are located in the Google Store, but do not be alarmed, this does not mean that they are all paid, most are freely distributed. Getting to the store is very easy:
1. Click on the “Applications” button - it is located under the address bar of the browser (where we enter the name of the site) on the bookmarks bar, the very first one is:
2. Click on the “Store” icon in the window that appears
In fact, the Google store itself will appear, where you can download applications to your computer, extensions and themes
What is the difference between extensions and applications in google chrome
Apps are standalone interactive apps that are designed to perform a task (such as a game or a page where you can edit photos), while extensions are small programs that add useful features to the browser.
How to search for extensions
Before installing any application, we need to select which one, we can do this manually by scrolling through all the available extensions in the corresponding menu item, or we can use the search. It is not necessary to know the exact name of the application; the main thing is to determine its main function and search by this function. Let's try to find an extension to increase the number of visual tabs. We type “visual tabs” into the search bar and for this query we get approximately the following results:
Please note that the search results are divided into extensions and applications. Applications are individual web pages, and extensions are browser programs.
We discard the results under the “Applications” item immediately, we don’t need them. Let's focus on the three remaining extensions. Which one to choose? You can follow the majority and look first at extensions that a lot of people have installed. Or be guided by the rating. Read the descriptions, look for what you need, try it, install it, because you can always delete it
How to install the extension
Let’s say we chose the first option “Visual bookmarks” from yandex.ru, everything is simple, click on the blue “+ Free” button, a window will pop up with a description of the program, at the top of which there will be another similar button, feel free to click on it. Perhaps another confirmation window will pop up to determine whether you really want to install the program; if you haven’t changed your mind, agree again. Just three mouse clicks and the extension is installed, in a couple of seconds or a minute you can use it.
So, the page with visual bookmarks has been transformed and now looks like this:
Great, now there are a lot of them! If you hover your mouse over a bookmark, buttons will appear in the corner that allow you to manage it (delete, change the name, change to another), plus bookmarks can be swapped by dragging them.
But here’s the problem: I want even more bookmarks, and I don’t like the protruding search bar. What to do? Search settings. Many extensions have settings that change how they look or work. Visual bookmarks are no exception.
At the bottom of the page there is a settings button; when you open it, a window will pop up where you can change some parameters, including unchecking the box next to displaying the search bar.
How to remove extensions
If you tried the extension and didn’t like it, there is no problem, all you need to do is remove the extension. But not the way we usually remove full-fledged programs, but much simpler.
1. Go to browser settings
2. Open the “Extensions” tab
3. We look for the extension that we want to delete and either turn it off (it is not deleted, but simply stops working until you turn it back on), or click on the trash can to delete
Hello, friends! In this article I would like to consider a fairly simple topic, about which most users have many questions. Now we will figure out where to look for extensions for the Google Chrome browser, and how you can install them.
First, before practice, I, as always, provide you with a little theory. So that you understand why they are needed at all, maybe you can do without them.
Since browser developers cannot provide for all the little things that users may need, extensions or add-ons have been invented. With their help, you can expand the functionality of the browser, thus customizing it for yourself. For example, you can download movies and music from websites, get quick access to mail, cloud storage, and more.
You can download them both from the Chrome Web Store and from third-party sites. In the second case, these may be certain add-ons that, for various reasons, were not placed in the browser store. Be careful when downloading from third-party sources, otherwise, under their guise, you can download a virus to your computer.
Install the extension from the Google Chrome store
Let's first figure out where to look for this online store. Click on the button with the image of three horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser and select “Additional tools”, then “Extensions” from the drop-down menu.
A page will open on which you will see a list of all those installed in your browser. Scroll to the bottom and follow the link “More extensions”.
After this, another page “Chrome Online Store” will open. In it, go to the “Extensions” tab. Scroll through the list of suggestions. To see a list of everything available in a certain group, click on the “View all” button in it.
To search for a specific add-on, you can use the store search or select the appropriate category.
To install the extension from the Chrome store, do the following. Click on the one you selected in the list provided.
If you used the search, then in the proposed results, select “Extensions” from the list. When you select the appropriate one, you can immediately click the “Install” button next to it, or you can click on its name to view detailed information, as described above.
The following information window will indicate that it has been successfully installed. An icon will also appear to the right of the search bar.
If you are interested, you can read the detailed article on the website. It describes the installation of visual bookmarks from Yandex and Atavi in Chrome.
By right-clicking on it, you can access its various options and settings.
Installing extensions from another site
If you have found something suitable on the Internet and are sure that it will not harm your computer, now we will look at how you can install such an add-on in your browser.
Download it to your computer by clicking on the website button “Download”, “Download” or something like that.
Then open Chrome, click on the “Menu” button and go to “Additional tools” - “Extensions”.
Drag the downloaded file to the page with installed browser extensions.
Confirm its installation by clicking on the “Install” button.
Let's take a closer look at installing the popular add-on for Google Chrome, and not only SaveFrom.net, from a third-party site. The process will be slightly different from the one described above.
We find the extension’s official website on the Internet and go to the “Install” tab.
Here you will see a download button, click on it. Please note that opposite it is written “for Google Chrome”.
Find the downloaded file in the “Downloads” folder on your computer and run it by double-clicking on it with the left mouse button. If a security window appears, click “Run” in it.
Then wait for the download to finish. You may need to close your browser at this point.
We installed the necessary Tampermonkey add-on for SaveFrom.net to work correctly. Its icon should appear to the right of the address bar.
To install the extension itself, open the following page on the Internet and click on the “Install” button. Then confirm the installation.
That's all. Now you know where to look and how to install the extension in the Google Chrome browser.
Unfortunately, since May 2014, extensions (themes) of the popular web browser can only be installed from the Chrome Web Store. And those that you installed without going through the online store are automatically disabled as “illegitimate”. For example, a useful video downloader from , which is currently only available from the official website, is installed by simply dragging and dropping CRX-file per page chrome://extensions , however, when the browser is restarted, it is blocked without the possibility of activation. Another option: you need to transfer extensions from one computer to another without using synchronization. To do this, you will have to pack the extension files into one CRX-archive (see the second part of the review). We will talk about two simple ways to solve all problems.
Enable the extension (theme) in Chrome
So, you downloaded a third-party extension file and want to integrate it into Chrome (or you need to reinstall the blocked extension). As you know, developers still have the option to install extensions from a folder, which we will use.
- First, let's unpack CRX-file using any available archiver, the best choice here is free (screenshot).
- Let's launch Chrome and go to the extensions section chrome://extensions ("Menu" → "Settings" → "Extensions") → next, check the checkbox (checkbox) " Developer Mode" → through the button that appears " Download unpacked extension"specify the path to the desired folder → " OK".
- We enjoy the work of the “forbidden” extension or the new browser theme.
How to pack a Chrome extension folder into a CRX archive (file)
In principle, everything is clear: after activating the announced mode for developers, click on the " Pack extension"(second screenshot). Therefore, I suggest you familiarize yourself with a useful example from personal practice. The task is this: download the theme from the Chrome Web Store online store → find it in the Chrome extensions folder → pack it in CRX-file for further use as a cover (skin) or for transfer to another device (PC). See the author's solution in “pictures” on behalf of Windows 7 below.
- Using the link, go to the “Themes” section of the Store and select the one you like, say, “Wooden Chrome”.
- On the add-on page, marking the generated add-on ID (identifier) in the address bar, in our case , click on the button " Install" → when the process is complete, the button will change color and text, turning green "Added to Chrome".
- Without closing the browser, paste into the address bar of Windows Explorer C:\Users\ [Your Account Name] \AppData\ Local\ Google\ Chrome\ User Data\ Default\ Extensions → "Enter".
- In the directory with Chrome extension folders, find the folder with the same name as the ID and go to it → there will be a folder with a name like “1.0.4_0” (extension version), let’s visit it too → using the key combination " Ctrl +C" Copy the path to the folder "1.0.4_0" in Explorer.
- Switching to the browser (" Alt+Tab"), in a familiar way open the extensions section ( chrome://extension s And " Enter") → activating " Developer Mode", click on " Pack extension"→ in the window of the same name, insert the path to the addon, C:\Users\[Your Account Name]\AppData\ Local\ Google\ Chrome\ User Data\ Default\ Extensions\\ 1.0.4_0 → again " Pack extension ".
- Closing with the " OK"message indicating the path to the created files, return to Windows Explorer and use the arrow next to the address bar to “roll back” to the directory → detected files .crx And .pem move it to a safer and more visited place (for example, to the root of the disk D:\), not forgetting to rename it to something more understandable (I combined "Clover" and "Wood Chrome" into " clover_derevo"). The final!
Important!
Beginner computer users who have independently completed " fire, water and copper pipes"the above-described unpacking algorithms CRX-archive from Chrome, can safely count themselves among the select community of experienced Windows users.
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In this tutorial I will tell you how to install an extension for the Google Chrome browser.
All modern browsers are designed to expand their functionality. It is thanks to special extensions that you, as a user, have additional capabilities that the Google Chrome browser does not initially have. Using extensions, you can download videos from video hosting sites, for example, youtube.com, reduce your routine tasks to one click, and much, much more. It’s worth saying that installing the extension in the Google Chrome browser is very easy, so let’s get started.
The first step is to go to manage your browser extensions. Click the button in the upper right corner that looks like three bars, then select "Tools" from the drop-down menu, and then select "Extensions."
I suggest using a regular search and entering either the name of the extension, if it is familiar to you, or a keyword by which the site will try to find something suitable for you. Let's just try to find something matching the query "youtube".
After this, the extension will appear in your general list of installed extensions. Congratulations, you have installed a new extension in your browser.
In order to disable an installed extension or remove it, simply uncheck the “Enabled” option or click on the trash can icon next to the extension itself. After this, the extension will stop working or it will be removed from your browser.
Well, that's all you need to know about installing new extensions in your Google Chrome browser. I hope you will be careful and careful, install only proven extensions. In the next lesson I will tell you how you can change the theme for the Google Chrome browser.
In this lesson I will tell you how and where you can find out the version of your Google Chrome browser (Google Chrome).
In this lesson we will talk about how to clear your search history in Yandex and browsing history in Yandex Browser.
The problem is rare enough that Google simply ignored it and ignored users’ pleas to fix it. If Windows is installed on a dynamic disk, extensions are not installed, showing the error:
“The extension cannot be unpacked. To safely unpack the extension, you need a path to your profile directory starting with a drive letter. It must not contain a folder merge option, mount point, or symbolic link. There is no such path for your profile.”
The error, of course, is mega-informative, but programmers are such programmers that this is not even surprising. It would be possible to get into the source code and poke your finger at the annoying mistake, but I’m too lazy to do this ;), I found another way, a simpler solution, available to any other user.
Workaround
1. Open a page with an extension you like, for example
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hbdkkfheckcdppiaiabobmennhijkknn
2. Copy the extension identifier from the address bar – and paste it into the line
https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&x=id%3DXNAME%26uc
instead of the word XNAME.
3. Paste the resulting line into another browser or download manager and save (download) the file. It will have a name, for example, “extension_4_7_3.crx”.
4. Rename the file to XNAME.zip where XNAME– extension identifier.
5. Unpack the file into a folder XNAME.
6. Transfer the folder with the unpacked extension to:
X:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\
Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\
N.B. You don’t have to do this, then in step 9 you simply indicate the path to the unpacked folder XNAME.
7. Go to
KEY –> Tools –> Extensions
8. Click the button
[Load unpacked extension...]
9. B Folder: insert full path to the XNAME folder, for example:
X:\Documents and Settings\…\Extensions\XNAME
Or the one where you unpacked it, if you didn’t do step 6, Chrome itself will copy everything to the right place.
10. Click [OK] and the extension is loaded :)
