From the beginning, Google Chrome has been one of the major search engines. With the most searches ever recorded, It can even be said that it is the best Internet browser. This is why Google Chrome extensions have gained great popularity.
Even when it is essential to know, is that they offer endless tools to save all the information possible for those who are registered through the Google account, but they also facilitate navigation, since they offer you the best extensions to offer certain specific functions and for free to achieve better performance.
Where can I see Google Chrome extensions?
It is something very simple. We will only have to enter Google Chrome and click on the three dots that appear in the upper right part of the window. At that moment a menu will be displayed where we will have to go to the chapter ‘More tools’ and then choose 'Extensions'.
A tab will automatically open showing all installed extensions, being able to activate them, disable or delete them depending on what you want.
How can I export and import extensions in the Google Chrome search engine?
These apps improve Google service For the users, even on most devices they are already pre-installed, and it is feasible to create and develop your own extensions according to your needs.
To have all your information it must be synchronized and not all the time you can enter Chrome and you need to have these files at any time, for this reason there is a simple way to do the import or export To use them on other computers, procedures vary depending on the operating system you are using.
The first thing you should pay attention to is verify that Google is open with the account you want to export, if you don't have an account, you can create one from scratch.
How to export Chrome extensions and settings to another PC?
For this to be feasible, you must enable your account which is activated in ‘Development mode ‘ since you must have a file type that is CRX.CRX so you must follow these simple steps.
- You must first enter the Google Chrome browser.
- Go to the three dots icon ‘MORE’ which is at the top.
- Enter the option ‘More tools’.
- You must click on the option ‘Extensions ”.
- A new tab will immediately open, where you will be given the option to enable 'Developer Mode’ which is in the upper right.
- This will give you the name of the ID with which you will do the export, that is why you must save the name to identify it later.
- Now you will press the ‘Win key at the same time (Windows) + E’ with these two keys you will open the Windows explorer of your computer.
- Later you must open the folders in the following order (C: / Users /
/ AppData / Local / Google / Chrome / UserData / Default / Extensions) You should pay attention that in the ‘UserName folder’ the username of the Google account must be present. - The identification ID that you were previously given, you must look for it among the different folders that will appear and select it.
- You must copy it to the desktop.
- From google, the ‘Extensions’ menu returns.
- You must click on the option ‘Package extension ‘.
- A new tab should appear immediately, from there you must click on 'Browse’ next to the 'Root directory of extensions’
- The folder that had been saved on the computer desktop, you must open it and you must select the file that has the same version of the user and clicks to accept.
- Again in the ‘Extensions package’ in the File ‘Private key ‘ you must leave it blank.
- With all this procedure, your extension folder must be a CRX File that we were looking for, with this you can save it from your hard drive or on a Pendrive.
If you don't have Windows, if you don't have MacOS or Linux, your procedure is the same as when you get to the eighth step changes in folder search order:
- MacOS: you should look it up like (~ / ~ Library / Application support)
- Linux: your extensions folder should be (~ / .Conficg)
How to import extensions and settings from Google Chrome to another PC?
To import you cannot open the document and voila, for this it also has a procedure that you must carry out in simple steps:
- Enter from Google Chrome and go to the 'menuExtensions'.
- From your computer you must look for the file that we have exported in CRX.
- You must copy and paste or simply drag the folder to the Extensions menu of your browser.
- Thereafter, the extension begins to install, wait for it to load and go.
All your files can always be at hand, you have or not internet thanks to this method to save your extensions and information but safeEven so, Google is the favorite of many and has maintained the trust of its users, allowing you to restore those harmful extensions.
