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Disable Google Chrome extensions auto update

Disabling extension update:

Edit preferences json-file for Google Chrome

on Windows: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
on Ubuntu for Chromium: ${HOME}/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences

In this file find the extension preferences block and set "update_url" property like "http://localhost" for example. For now according to given url updating of that extension is simply impossible.
To locate that preferences block use extension id which you can find at chrome://extensions/ page with "Developer mode" enabled. In simpler words, open "Preferences" file with wordpad and replace "update_url":"https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx" with "update_url":"https://localhost"

 Disable all Google Chrome updates:

 2.1. Any OS
Just type chrome://plugins/ at address bar and turn Google Update plugin off.

 source: How can I disable Google Chrome auto update?

 2.2 Win OS
Set Registry values
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update]
"AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes"=dword:00000000
"UpdateDefault"=dword:00000000
Via: gerunn

Resolve Chrome’s Suspicious Extensions Disabled notification

  • Download *.crx extension file
  • Change extension from *.crx to *.zip
  • Unzip file.
  • Open the extensions manager in Chrome by loading this page: chrome://extensions/
  • Check the Developer Mode box at the top of the screen.
  • Select Load unpacked extensions from the button bar that appears.
  • Use the folder browser to pick the directory you have extracted the contents of the extension to.
  • The extension will be installed and won't be disabled by Google even if you run Beta or Stable versions of the browser on Windows.
  • If you got error like "_metadata", then simply navigate to extracted folder and remove "_" before "_metadata" folder and "Retry".

Comments

  1. PsiberMageApril 2, 2020 at 1:21 AM

    Any chance you could post some examples? i.e., What does an "Extension block" look like?

    I'm running Win7, sp1 and I can't find the directory you specify, let alone a block inside the file. --Thanks!

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