A wide majority of people around the world prefer using google chrome as their primary browser because of how flexible and easy it is to work with.
It is being used majorly across every platform, either on windows, mac OS Android, Linux, etc.
Google chrome comes with loads of extensions and themes which helps the user to customize the web browser according to their need and utilization.
What are Google Chrome Extensions?
Chrome extensions are basically applications or softwares provided in the form of plugins or extensions that integrates into your chrome browser and help you enhance your browsing experience by increasing your productivity, saving your time as well as reducing your effort.
There are thousands of plugins /extensions available for different categories which can be installed in a single click and these extensions help you to acquire a better workflow throughout your web browsing experience.
How to Add extensions in Chrome Browser?
To integrate or add the extension into your chrome browser follow the steps illustrated below.
1. Go into chrome browser and search for "chrome web store ". Then click on the link that says https: //chrome.google.com.
2. To install the extension in your browser, search for the specific extension that you wanted to install or if you want to check out some other extension related to your interest you can simply select it from the category section.
For example: If you want to check out a productivity tool/extension then simply click on it to select it and it will display all the extensions available for that particular niche.
Similarly, you can check out many other categories available such as blogging, social and communication, shopping, developer tools, fun, etc.
3. Now click and open the extension you want to add to your browser. Then Click on "Add to chrome".
Once it's added to your chrome browser a small popup window will appear telling you that it was successfully installed. Now you can enjoy using it and have fun.
How to Pin Extension for Quick Access?
To pin a particular extension on the address bar for quick access then you can do so by clicking on the extension's icon present on the top right corner side of the address bar.
When you click on that extension's icon it will list down all the extensions which you have installed in your browser.
To pin the following extension just click on the small pin icon showing after the name of the extension and it will turn blue indicating that it's pinned.
Once the extension starts showing on the bar you can now start using them right from there whenever it's needed.
How to Manage Extensions?
Further, if you don't wish to use any extension and want to disable or remove it completely then follow the below steps :
1. Click on the same Extension's icon present on the top right corner of the address bar or click on the 3 dots on the top right corner and then go to more tools and click Extensions.
Here you can delete or disable extensions you want to and also check out all the details of your extensions that have been installed.
That's it hopefully this article may have helped you to learn how to add extensions in chrome browser. Do check our other articles to learn more tips and tricks.
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