Questions tagged [google-chrome-extensions]
Extensions extend the functionality of Google Chrome browser. Questions which ask for an extension or plugin to be recommended are off topic.
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Is it possible to access digital identification data from a Dell charger on ChromeOS?
I'm looking for ways to retrieve metadata or unique identification details from a Dell charger/adapter when connected to a ChromeOS device. From what I understand, Dell chargers include a digital chip ...
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user password denied in chrome ssh extenshion when connecting
In my quest to connect my home PC to the school smart board, I started trying to host my PC via SSH but I'm a beginner, so I started to experiment with my PC first:
I am running Debian Bookworm, ...
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How can I enable Chrome browser extensions for specific domains/URLs (and disable them for others)?
I have and use a lot of Chrome browser extensions in my browser (Brave on macOS). A few of these are only useful for certain sites/domains/URLs I visit (e.g. PocketTube for YouTube) and some are used ...
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How to stop "Powered by Admiral" anti ad-block pop-up messages?
I've recently noticed a TON of sites using this Admiral anti-ad-blocking software.
Your experience is important to us.
It looks like you are using an adblocker.
Disable Your Adblocker
Disable my ...
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How to make an extension In Google Chrome (windows) Enabled But User Cannot Use It
How to make an extension In Google Chrome (windows) Enabled But User Cannot Use It.
My friend is addicted to bad habits, and I want to make his internet experience safer to help him quit these habits....
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Extension refuses to load the script due to CSP violation
I'm an SE user often chatting in the physics and math chat rooms.
Since yesterday, the Chrome extension SE mathjax hasn't been able
to render the mathjax formatted lines which I previously used to get ...
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How to copy a Google Chrome extension that's no longer in Chrome Web Store to another computer? [duplicate]
How to copy a Google Chrome extension that's no longer available from Chrome Web Store from an existing installation to a different Google Chrome installation, such as one on on a different computer?
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Block Specific Domains From History
Some websites create a TON of new history entries as you click around--I'm thinking social media sites like Facebook. If I go clicking around through someone's photos I can wind up with dozens of new ...
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Is there a way to ask the LastPass extension to use local vault?
I've been using the LastPass extension for many years. It used to open chrome-extension://hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd/vault.html when I click the LastPass icon and then choose Vault. But now (...
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How can I prevent Dark Reader Chrome extension from using so much CPU when turned off (accounts for 60% of Chrome CPU time!)?
I turned off the Dark Reader Chrome extension:
Yet, it takes huge amount of CPU (accounts for 60% of Chrome CPU time!):
How can I prevent Dark Reader Chrome extension from using so much CPU when ...
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mathjax on RSS feed
I try to get update from RSS feed from arxiv.org and zbMATH.org, say math.CO and MSC_05.
In particular, the arxiv feed use $\alpha$ for inline math and $$\alpha$$ for display math, while the zbMATH ...
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How to disable a specific JavaScript on a website using Tampermonkey?
I'm trying to prevent a specific unwanted behavior on a website by disabling a script loaded by the website using a Tampermonkey userscript. The internal script is located at https://website.com/_next/...
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Chrome Update disables extension - how to keep it enabled?
At the company I work for we use a 3rd-party Chrome extension for automation of web tests. Whenever a Chrome update is rolled out, the extension gets disabled and we have to manually enable it again. ...
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How can I copy Chrome extension IDs or names from Chrome's Task Manager?
Example:
I want to know which Chrome extension is clogging the CPU.
I don't want to type eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh myself, I'd like to copy it instead. I use Windows 10. How can I copy the ...
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Is there a way to Disabling chrome's auto-translate feature to force me to work on my English better？
Note that this is not about how to disable automatic translation of my web pages, or disable popup boxes, but how to disable chrome's own translation feature from appearing in my right-click menu for ...
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How can I save a Reddit page for offline viewing in HTML format AFTER the user has manually interacted with the page that has a huge comment section?
I'm trying to save a Reddit page for OFFLINE viewing as a single HTML file, EXACTLY as it's displayed on the browser and after having already manually expanded some comment threads. This issue is a ...
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Clicking on "See More" in Facebook WITHOUT mouse on Firefox or Chrome [closed]
I tried using Ctrl+F, input "See More", Esc, then Enter, but it does not work.
What other keyboard shortcut can I used to trigger "See More" in Facebook for long posts? An ...
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How to sync Google Chrome extension settings
I want to be able to sync all my Google Chrome extensions and their settings to a new device. My old device is no longer accessible but I have turned on Sync and set it to Sync everything on my old ...
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Ad blocker not blocking ads when I log into YouTube with my Google account
For the past three days, I've encountered an issue where ads suddenly started appearing on YouTube even though uBlock Origin was enabled. After some investigation using different browsers (Chrome, ...
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How can one turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome?
How can one turn off the Adobe Acrobat PDF reader extension in Google Chrome without having to disable the extension?
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How can I enable a .crx extension in Chrome?
I coded an extension for Chrome, packed it as crx via Chrome, and loaded it in Chrome. How can I enable it? The enable button is greyed out, clicking on it does nothing.
I use Chrome Version 125.0....
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My Chrome tab memory usage increases with every tab reload going up to 2GB per tab
(My device is an intel based Mac Pro 2019)
On chrome every time a tab is reloaded, the memory usage of that tab increases. A tab with a website starting with 100MB of memory usage goes over 500MB ...
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How to quickly hide all the extensions in Chrome for the purpose of recording and screensharing?
Screensharing. Recording. Long long long list of Chrome extensions. I don't want entire world to see it.
There are some workarounds:
manually hide
use another browser profile
But that's not ...
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How do I properly remove these two extensions from my Chrome?
I have these two extensions that remain no matter what I do. Someone has any ideas on what to do?
The two extensions are:
yglSearch
Your Search Bar
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Upper limit of the number of tabs that Onetabs supports
Windows 11
Chrome Version 124.0.6367.202 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Onetab Version 1.84
Currently at 9471 tabs
What determines the upper limit of tabs that Onetab supports before creating problems (...
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How to search the web via context menu with quotation marks using only mouse?
I often drag an English phrase and search it in Google or Bing with quotation marks to find the exact expression.
Dragging with the mouse, right-clicking shows me a context menu of "Search 'the ...
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Chrome - Block site only if using Incognito
There's this existing question that tells one how to block websites only in normal mode of browsing while letting them remain accessible from the Incognito mode.
I have the opposite question - What ...
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Update Google Chrome extensions from the command line [closed]
How can I update Google Chrome extensions from the command line?
I'm running macOS 12.7.4.
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How to identify which chrome extension is opening spammy tabs automatically [duplicate]
I've got a very strange issue.
Randomly, every now and then, random websites will be opened up via new chrome tabs.
These websites appear to have some sort of thing in the URL relating to 'ad.strk' ...
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Chrome autofill alternative possibilities
It happens again again and again, chrome doesn't auto fill some information from saved autofill form.
There is many reasons it happens and most of them is the HTML/JavaScript on the sites.
It is why I ...
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"Your device is managed by your organization. Administrators can access..." issue on the chrome on my personal PC
My Chrome shows this message whenever I try to create a new profile. It's my personal laptop and not attached to any organisation.
I have attempted almost all the solutions online to no avail. I want ...
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Disable auto-focus on text field (Chrome/Firefox)
On some webpages, I need to scroll (read) and write in a text field at the same time. Unfortunately, every time I start typing (on any page), the page automatically jumps to the text field I'm typing ...
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Chrome: Merge all windows into one preserving Tab Groups? [closed]
Does anyone know of a Chrome extension that upon click merges all windows into one while preserving the built-in tab groups?
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Hyperlinks cannot be opened in Google drive documents in Google Chrome
I am trying to open a hyperlink in a pdf file located in google drive (My browser is Google Chrome) but for some reason it does not allow me to open it. But If I try to open in an incognito window I ...
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How to install Chrome extensions on Opera?
When I go to the chrome extension store, I cannot install ANY of its extensions. The add to google chrome button is greyed out, I don't see an add to opera button, and there is a warning saying "...
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Make Chrome load previous tabs on startup but keep them inactive or disabled [duplicate]
I am using Chrome version 119.0.6045.123.
I am chronically bad about having a lot of tabs open. I want them to be there when I restart Chrome -- but inactive or disabled (is that the right terminology?...
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Why my Chrome Extensions directory is empty in Windows 10?
Why my C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions directory is empty?
Even though I have several extensions installed
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How to turn off notifications from Microsoft Edge extension?
I am constantly receiving notifications from the Edge browser due to an extension I installed to enforce some time limits on certain websites. Every time I visit one of those websites a notification ...
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Delete bookmark folder from Google Chrome
For some unknown reason one bookmark folder gets copied 1000+ times (not exactly sure sure how many).
I need some way to delete this.
Tried deleting one by one but after 30-40 times I'm hopeless. How ...
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How do you make chrome run faster without removing extensions?
My school puts a bunch of extensions on my school email and doesn't let me turn any of them off. The extensions make chrome super laggy and make typing a nightmare. Is there any way I can make chrome ...
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Restore local extension data after chrome reinstall
I had some issues recently with a chrome update and tried fixing it myself, however afterwards it said all my extensions needed to be repaired. When actually doing the repair though it just ...
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open old swf files in browser
I have some old swf (shockwave flash) files with actionscript 3 in them. I know of websites that also host other files such as games.
I know flash was discontinued a year or two back, but I have ...
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VPN only in a single Google Chrome tab
I'm wondering if there is the possibility to use VPN only for a specific tab in Google Chrome.
Now I'm using a Google Chrome VPN extension, but it has a systemic effect.
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Block Vertical Format Videos On YouTube, Whether Or Not They Are Tagged As #Shorts
Is there an existing extension or javascript code that can detect if the video has taller vertical dimensions than its width dimension, and block them from appearing if the ratio reveals a vertical ...
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Does making hundreds of Google Drive files available offline slow down my computer?
I collaborate on many Google documents: Docs, Sheets, Slides. I've made hundreds of them available offline (File → Make available offline). What are the performance implications of doing so?
I am not ...
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How to use "Read Aloud" extension in notepad tab (firefox, chrome, etc)?
I'm trying to use the "Read Aloud" extension with a notepad tab. The notepad tab I open with this code:
data:text/html, <html contenteditable>
But, the extension throws an error:
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How to keep using disabled extension in Chrome?
I have Chome running on Linux. As you know from time to time Google disables some extensions without even offering the possibility to keep using them anyway even if they are marked as "containing ...
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Block extensions on domain in Chrome without group policy
I want to blacklist all extensions for specific domains so that nothing external runs when opening these urls.
Chrome allows disabling extensions on specific domains, but the guides I found were for ...
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Disable "Ask where to save each file before downloading" for one extension
My university has a Google Chrome extension to download notes from the portal. It allows us to download everything a professor has uploaded and automatically organises it in the OS file system. There ...
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Restore Chrome tabs while preserving tab groups, window names, and virtual-desktop positions
At any given time, I have about 150 tabs open in Chrome. They are organized into different tab groups. These groups are organized into different windows, and I use Chrome's "Name window" ...
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