{"id":163805,"date":"2021-03-01T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=163805"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:12:17","slug":"how-to-remove-google-chrome-extensions-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-remove-google-chrome-extensions-in-3-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Google Chrome Extensions in 3 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Chrome has risen through the browser hordes to become one of the most popular web browsers on the market due to its versatility, stability, and well-designed interface. One of Chrome\u2019s best features is its add-on management. Chrome is widely used on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Windows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Android<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IOS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in place of the default browsers because it just works better in so many ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Google Chrome store offers a virtual cornucopia of extensions for every whim and situation. Still, sometimes you\u2019ll install an extension and, later on, find out that there\u2019s a better one or that the one you\u2019re using was the incorrect one. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How to remove Google Chrome extensions<\/h2>\n<h3>What is an extension?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extensions are mini-programs built into Chrome that exist to make your life better while browsing or working online. One of the most popular types of extension is an ad blocker which, well, blocks ads. Everyone hates to be interrupted on Youtube with two or three ads at a time or when you load into a news website and are greeted by hundreds of ads and pop-ups. These ad blockers remove intrusive ads and clear away that clutter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are also extensions for well-known websites (such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grammarly-for-microsoft-office.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grammarly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), popular apps (such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), and even extensions that allow you to play games online (such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/farmville2-country-escape.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Farmville<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now let\u2019s dive right into how you uninstall them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Access Extensions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first thing to do is select the three dots in the top right-hand side of the screen, then scroll down to More Tools and select Extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-163808\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1614278846\/pasted_image_0_38_lylguy.png\" width=\"426\" height=\"424\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: Find the appropriate extension<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find the extension that you want to remove and select Remove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-163809\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1614278847\/pasted_image_0_39_uprovb.png\" width=\"414\" height=\"176\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Remove the extension<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select Remove again from the window that pops up, and you\u2019re done!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-163810\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1614278849\/pasted_image_0_40_ztoncs.png\" width=\"348\" height=\"226\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>There\u2019s nothing wrong with vanilla<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While extensions can be beneficial in so many ways, they also tend to consume memory on your computer and clash with certain web pages and web-based apps. Luckily, removing them is a piece of cake, and it\u2019s incredibly easy to default back down to the vanilla program. And, as we all know, there\u2019s nothing wrong with a little vanilla.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Chrome has risen through the browser hordes to become one of the most popular web browsers on the market due to its versatility, stability, and well-designed interface. One of Chrome\u2019s best features is its add-on management. Chrome is widely used on Windows, Mac, Android, and IOS in place of the default browsers because it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-remove-google-chrome-extensions-in-3-easy-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Remove Google Chrome Extensions in 3 Easy Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":180662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2378],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-163805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchrome"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325026,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163805\/revisions\/325026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163805"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=163805"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=163805"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=163805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}