Google Chrome is one of our favorite web browsers for Windows. One of the things we love about it is that it automatically updates in the background. You won’t get any annoying notifications about updates or pop-ups asking you to restart your browser. Everything is happening silently and working as expected.
The same behavior also applies to extensions for Google Chrome. There are tons of Chrome extensions that add functionality to your browser, giving you another reason to use Google Chrome. You have great extensions that can improve Gmail, save your YouTube videos, and even block cricket and other web themes you don’t like.
Mozilla Firefox can do the same, but with a big difference. Chrome extensions just update themselves in the background, unlike many plugins in Mozilla Firefox that require you to restart the browser to manually apply the latest update.
Like most things in life, automatic updates of extensions don’t always work. Recently, one of our favorite YouTube Google Chrome extensions – Streamus – stopped working. An update to the YouTube code caused Streamus to crash. As it turns out, the developers have found and fixed the issue and released an updated version of Streamus, but the latest update is awaiting review by Google.
Even after the extension was approved, for some reason the automatic update didn’t kick in. Chrome updates extensions on its own schedule, and if an extension is broken, you don’t want to wait for the update process to begin. Thankfully, there is a workaround for this situation.
Here’s how to manually update the Google Chrome extension:
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Open Google Chrome on your computer.
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In the address bar, type chrome://extensions. Alternatively, you can go to the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper right corner > set up. now click expand on the left sidebar.
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At the top of the extension page, check developer mode. This is next to the big expand The text is right at the top.
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click Update the extension now under developer mode.
This will manually update all extensions to the latest version available using Chrome’s extension updater. However, you can also manually update individual extensions by downloading them directly from the developer’s website. In these order:
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Download the extension file (should end in .CRX) from the developer’s website. When you try to download it, Chrome warns you that such files can harm your computer.click Keep Then say.
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As above, open the extension page and enable developer mode in Chrome.Delete the old extension by clicking the trash can icon on the right, then click eliminate.
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Find the .CRX file you downloaded and drag and drop it into the extension page.
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You will be asked to confirm the installation.click Add to. That’s it, the new version will be installed.
This process can also be used to add third-party extensions to Chrome, but we generally advise against using third-party extensions that are not verified by the Chrome Store, as they can be used to monitor your entire internet usage and compromise your computer in other ways .
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