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How to delete an extension on Chrome
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Google Chrome extensions are a wonderfully handy way to augment your browser experience. However, you may not want to use the same extensions forever. Here’s how to remove an extension on Chrome.
Who doesn’t love a good browser extension? Whether that’s to aid in ditching some pesky elements of a page you don’t like, helping with your grammar or providing handy shopping advice and offers. Whatever your extension tipple of choice, your relationship with some may have runs its course. So we’ve put together this clear and simple guide on how to ditch them.
What you’ll need:
The Short Version
How to delete an extension on Chrome
Step1
Open Chrome
Whether it’s already in your taskbar, on your desktop or you need to search for it in the Start menu, open Google Chrome.
Step2
Select theExtensionmenu
Now that you’ve got Google Chrome open, select the jigsaw piece-shaped icon towards the top left of the browser.
Step3
ClickMore Options
With theExtensionmenu open, click the three dots to the right of the extension you’d like to delete to open another menu.
Step4
SelectRemove from Chrome
With theMore Optionsmenu now open, click onRemove from Chrometo remove the extension you’d like to rid of from Google Chrome.
FAQs
Extensions can impact performance, but it is entirely dependent on the specific extension. If you are experience performance troubles, then deleting your extensions could be worth a try. If your extensions aren’t working as intended then that may be another reason to ditch them.
Chrome themes are another form of Google add-on. If you’ve added one and would now like to delete, head toSettings, thenAppearance. You can then selectReset to Defaultto remove the Chrome theme.
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Adam is the Computing Editor of Trusted Reviews. He joined as a staff writer in 2019 after graduating from Newcastle University with an MA in Multimedia Journalism. After spending two years at WIRED,…
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