Supercharge (or Simplify) Your Browser: How to Add and Remove Extensions - PCMag

Modern web browsers are almighty tools, but you tin heighten your favourite with the close extensions. All the large browsers enactment add-ons connected desktop, portion Safari besides supports them connected iPhone and iPad, and Firefox allows them connected Android devices. Whether you usage Chrome, Edge, Firefox, oregon Safari, extensions tin assistance amended your browsing experience.

How to Add and Remove Chrome Extensions

Chrome extensions tin beryllium added from the Chrome Web Store(Opens successful a caller window). Here, you tin scroll down the leafage to cheque retired recommended extensions, hunt for a circumstantial extension, oregon peruse the antithetic categories, specified arsenic Accessibility, News & Weather, Productivity, Search Tools and Shopping.

To adhd an extension, prime a listing and click the Add to Chrome button. Then click Add extension. Depending connected the extension, you whitethorn beryllium prompted to configure the plugin. If not, the hold volition simply settee into Chrome.

Most extensions volition show an icon successful the upper-right toolbar that you tin click oregon right-click to control. But the icon doesn’t look by default. To adhd the icon, click the Extensions fastener (the 1 that looks similar a puzzle piece). Click the Pin icon, and the hold volition past appear.

In bid to negociate the extension, right-click connected the icon. You tin click Manage extension to configure immoderate settings, prime Unpin to region it from show connected your browser, oregon take Remove from Chrome to uninstall it completely.

If you privation to presumption each your extensions successful Chrome, click the three-dot icon successful the precocious right, determination to More tools and prime Extensions. Alternatively, click the Extensions fastener connected the toolbar and prime Manage extensions. This volition instrumentality you to a leafage wherever you tin negociate each your installed extensions.

You tin click Details to presumption accusation connected a circumstantial extension. If you crook disconnected an extension's switch, you tin temporarily disable it. Otherwise, click Remove to uninstall the hold completely.

How to Add and Remove Microsoft Edge Extensions

Since the existent mentation of Edge is based connected Chromium, it tin grip extensions from the Chrome Web Store(Opens successful a caller window). But Microsoft besides offers its ain Edge Add-ons(Opens successful a caller window) successful the Microsoft Store. You tin cheque retired popular, newest, and trending extensions, hunt for circumstantial add-ons, oregon presumption a enactment crossed antithetic categories.

If you privation to instal an extension, prime the listing and past click the Get button. Select the Add extension fastener from the browser pop-up. You whitethorn beryllium prompted to configure oregon customize the extension.

In bid to marque the hold disposable successful the browser, click the Extensions button connected the toolbar (the 1 that looks similar a puzzle piece). For the hold you privation to see, click the Show successful toolbar fastener (which resembles an eye).

To power the hold from the toolbar, right-click connected its icon. Select Manage extension to alteration immoderate associated settings. Click Hide from toolbar to region it from the toolbar. Choose Remove from Microsoft Edge to wholly uninstall the programme from Edge.

You tin presumption each your extensions by right-clicking the Extensions button connected the toolbar and selecting Manage extensions. Any extensions from the Chrome Web Store volition beryllium listed connected this surface nether the From different sources section. You negociate each extensions the same.

Click the Details link to presumption accusation connected an extension. You tin temporarily disable an hold by turning disconnected its associated switch. If you privation to uninstall an extension, click the Remove link.

How to Add and Remove Firefox Extensions

In Firefox, you tin get extensions from the Firefox Browser Add-Ons site(Opens successful a caller window). Scroll down the leafage to presumption recommended, top-rated, and trending extensions, hunt for circumstantial extensions, oregon prime 1 of the categories astatine the top, specified arsenic Appearance, Bookmarks, Privacy & Security, Search Tools, and Tabs.

To instal an extension, prime it and past click the Add to Firefox button. Click Add and past take whether you privation the hold to tally successful a backstage window. Click Okay, and the hold automatically appears connected the toolbar.

You tin negociate an hold if you right-click connected its toolbar icon. From the pop-up menu, prime Manage Extension to alteration immoderate associated settings. You tin click Remove from Toolbar to region it from presumption but support it installed. Click Remove Extension if you privation to uninstall it from Firefox entirely.

To presumption each your extensions, click the hamburger icon successful the precocious close and prime Add-ons and themes. To disable an extension, crook disconnected its switch. To tally different commands, click the ellipsis icon for an extension. You tin present negociate it, configure its assorted options, oregon region it entirely.

Android users can't typically usage extensions connected the go, but a tiny fig are disposable if you're utilizing the mobile mentation of Firefox. You tin presumption them if you unfastened the browser and spell to the Firefox Add-ons for Android site(Opens successful a caller window). You volition spot a enactment of recommended extensions; pat the See much recommended extensions nexus astatine the bottommost to spot more.

Tap an hold that interests you to entree its details and ratings. You tin instal it if you pat the Add to Firefox button. Choose whether you privation to usage the hold successful backstage browsing mode. You whitethorn present request to configure and customize the extension, which past volition instrumentality effect.

To cheque oregon further tweak a circumstantial hold successful the Firefox app, pat the three-dot icon astatine the apical of the browser and prime Add-ons. Choose the sanction of the extension, and you should spot a surface wherever you tin presumption its presumption and configure its settings.

You tin negociate your extensions successful the app if you click the three-dot icon and prime Add-ons > Add-ons Manager. Select the extension, past crook disconnected the power to disable it. You tin besides pat the Remove button to uninstall it from Firefox.

How to Add and Remove Safari Extensions

To instal extensions successful Safari connected macOS, unfastened the browser and click Safari > Safari Extensions. Alternatively, unfastened the Mac App Store app, prime Categories, and past take Safari Extensions. You tin scroll down the surface to presumption the antithetic categories and extensions oregon hunt for 1 directly.

You tin instal a circumstantial hold if you prime the listing and click the Get button, past take Install. You whitethorn beryllium prompted to customize the hold oregon let definite permissions for it enactment with Safari.

To presumption and negociate your extensions, click Safari > Preferences, and past prime the Extensions tab. Uncheck a listing to temporarily disable an extension. If you privation to uninstall an extension, prime it and past click the Uninstall button. You volition besides request to delete its underlying applications to afloat uninstall the extension; a connection should look prompting you to bash this.

Support for extensions connected iPhone and iPad is highly limited. While Apple allows you to instal extensions for Safari, you won't beryllium capable to bash the aforesaid for the Chrome, Edge, oregon Firefox connected your device. To instal an hold successful the Safari mobile app, spell to Settings > Safari > Extensions and pat the More Extensions link.

At the Safari Extensions page, you tin present presumption the antithetic extensions available. Select a circumstantial hold that interests you to larn much astir it. Tap the Get button to download and instal the extension. You tin past unfastened the extension’s app to acceptable up the work oregon configure its settings.

Now unfastened Safari, pat the AA icon connected the left, and prime Manage Extensions to spot each your installed add-ons. Turn connected the power for the hold you privation to enable, past pat Done. The hold should present beryllium successful effect.

If you privation to disable an extension, unfastened the AA icon again and prime Manage Extensions. You tin past crook disconnected the power adjacent to an hold to crook it off. To uninstall an hold entirely, you volition request to delete its app from your location screen.