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
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  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

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