Chrome Extensions Causing Pop-ups, other annoying behaviors?

How to Disable Chrome Extensions

There are a couple ways to access the extensions in Chrome, but the easiest is through the menu.

Screenshot showing how to get to the Chrome extensions through the menu
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Do this by clicking the three-dotted menu on the upper right-hand side of Chrome, and then going to More tools > Extensions.

The other way to open Chrome extensions is to enter this URL into the address bar: chrome://extensions/. If this is quicker for you, then, by all means, use it; it takes you to the exact same place the menu method does.

Screenshot showing how to disable a Chrome extension
Jon Fisher

On this page is a list of all the extensions installed to Chrome. Enabled ones have a blue button on the bottom right of the extension block, and disabled ones are grey.

Therefore, to disable an extension, click the blue slider button so that it turns to grey. You can enable Chrome extensions just as easily by clicking the grey button.

How to Disable Plug-ins in Chrome

You can open Chrome’s plug-in settings via the settings.

  1. Click the Chrome menu on the upper right-hand side of the browser.

  2. Click Settings.

  3. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and click Advanced.

  4. Select Content settings.

  5. Click the plug-in you want to turn off, such as Flash.

    Screenshot of Chrome's content settings
    Jon Fisher 
  6. Click the toggle button to enable or disable the plug-in.

    Screenshot showing how to disable Flash in Chrome
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    source: https://www.lifewire.com/disable-extensions-and-plugins-in-google-chrome-4103624

Chrome book profile issue identified?

Quote from: https://plus.google.com/communities/111885171520981887334/stream/998fa7a5-c138-4e0e-b49f-aeb7de97895f

I called Google. The problem is on their end. Delete the student’s profile. Here’s the reply: “This is a due a profile corruption issue that we have identified affecting specific profiles on Chromebooks. Engineering is already working on a fix which we expect to have available for the release of the next Chrome OS version as the latest, however, they are aiming to release a patch for version 68

So at my school, the grades who never had a profile on the Chromebook last year are ok. Students who have the same Chromebooks and a profile are having the problem.

Keep those Chromebooks up to date:

How To Manually Update & Keep Chromebooks Up To Date

Chrome Book Won’t Login

It may be a disk space issue. The disk space issue is resolved by upgrading Chrome OS. It is supposed to be automatic however you may have to do it manually. Or get a bunch of kids to do it as a batch.

1) Menu=>Help=>About Chrome OS
2) Click: Check for Updates

If the disk is already full so you can’t log in then you will need to wipe the drive then upgrade.

SPAM!

spam_wallWhenever you see an email claiming to be from our district, but it wants you to login or verify any account details – it is never from us. We do not roll out upgrades and ask staff to login. If you see any of these emails, rest assured they are not legitimate.

Pro tip, if you hover your mouse over any links in the email message, the true location or URL will be displayed in your browser window at the bottom left corner.