

If you need to use a disabled extension, you can contact the extension’s developer and ask them to upload their extension to the Chrome Web Store. See a list of your extensionsĮxtensions that have not been published on the Chrome Web Store are grayed out and you won't be able to turn them back on. To protect you while you browse, Chrome only lets you use extensions that have been published on the Chrome Web Store.

The extensions that Chrome turned off either didn't come from the Chrome Web Store or were determined unsafe.

If you see a message saying "Extensions Disabled," it's because Chrome has turned off one or more of your extensions to keep your data safe while you're browsing the Internet. That was done not on purpose.The information below applies to users on Windows and Mac only. Update: And as Googler Aaron Boodman notes in our comments on the previous post, “ FWIW, we will be re-enabling Chromium support in the gallery soon. Google promises that official extension support will be coming to the dev versions of Chrome for Mac soon. But I’ve been using them for a while in various Chromium builds, and haven’t noticed any major issues. You should note that since Google isn’t officially supporting extensions in Chrome for Mac yet, you should use this at your own risk. I’ve just installed a handful of them all seem to be working just fine despite Google’s reluctance to enable the feature for Mac. From there, you can click to install any extension, and you’re all set. Previously, the extension install button was grayed-out if you were on a Mac, but dragging this bookmarklet to your toolbar in Chromium and clicking it when you’re on an extension landing page will turn the gray box bright blue. Matt Mastracci, the founder of DotSpots and a blogger at, has created a simple bookmark that turns on the “Install” button for any Chrome extension. No sooner do I write a post about how Google has disabled Chrome Extensions for Mac even though they will work in the latest builds of Chromium (the open-source browser which Chrome is based on), does someone come up with a solution. Ah the Internet, I knew you would come up with a solution.
