How to fix Chrome extensions not working on Windows 10

Experimental reset

Google Chrome offers some experimental features or Chrome Flags that allow users to try out features that are coming or in beta. In some users tampering with Chrome Flags before, extensions stop working after that. Now need to reset all previous advanced changes. Doing:

1. Type chrome: // flags in the address bar and press Enter.
2. At the top of the interface, click Reset all to reset the Flag settings.
3. Finished click Relaunch to restart the browser.

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Select Reset All to reset the Flag settings

Create a new Profile

If your current Chrome profile has some profile conflicts, you will experience this issue on your computer. As a result, you should create a new Google Chrome profile, log in and reinstall the extension.

Scan for system viruses

Chrome stores extension data in the system partition. If malware or adware attacks your computer earlier and the extensions stop working after that, then it's likely that the folder involved has some problem because of a virus instead. change information.

You should scan your computer with anti-virus tools and adware to fix it.

Shut down the process using Chrome Task Manager

Starting the browser sometimes solves all the problems. However, you don't need to open the Windows Task Manager to do this. Instead, you can use Chrome Task Manager.

To do that, click on the three-dot icon select More tools> Task manager (press Shift + Esc). Now you just need to find the name of the utility that is faulty, select it and click End Process. Finally, temporarily turn off the extension, restart your browser, and re-enable it.

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Select End process to disable the extension process

Reinstall add-ons

Extensions sometimes work for a long time in the browser, but for some reason they cannot update from the Chrome Web Store. When this is the case, the add-ons will not be compatible with the new version of the browser, leading to an inoperability issue.

There is a simple solution to this problem. If the developers have released an update, install it immediately. For that, you need to uninstall the existing version first. To do this, click on the three dots icon> More tools> Extensions, then click the Remove button next to the name of the utility to remove.

Clear browser data

If your Chrome browser is active for a long time, of course its browsing data will increase more and more. It is this unresolved backlog that can cause unwanted browser crashes. Please delete all old browsing data by:

1. Press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Delete to open the delete browsing data window.
2. In the Time Range menu, choose All Time and click Clear Data.

Sign out of your Google account in your browser

If Google Chrome has some problem with Google account sync, there is a chance of such error. For that, you will have to sign out of your Google account.

Install new version updates for Chrome

If you use an old version of Google Chrome, some of the latest extensions may not be compatible with it. Therefore, the easiest solution is to update your browser to the latest version.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 14 November 2020