Where to find extensions installed folder for Google Chrome on Mac?
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I can not find them under ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/; Where are they?
- Mac Pro 10.8.4
- Chrome Version 26.0.1410.65
Macos Solutions
Solution 1 - Macos
The default locations of Chrome's profile directory are defined at http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/user-data-directory. For Chrome on Mac, it's
~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default
The actual location can be different, by setting the --user-data-dir=path/to/directory
flag.
If only one user is registered in Chrome, look in the Default/Extensions
subdirectory. Otherwise, look in the <profile user name>/Extensions
directory.
If that didn't help, you can always do a custom search.
-
Go to
chrome://extensions/
, and find out the ID of an extension (32 lowercase letters) (if not done already, activate "Developer mode" first). -
Open the terminal, cd to the directory which is most likely a parent of your Chrome profile (if unsure, try
~
then/
). -
Run
find . -type d -iname "<EXTENSION ID HERE>"
, for example:find . -type d -iname jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin
Result:
![./Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin][3]
[2thumb]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/vsCmPm.png "In this example, the ID is "jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin"." [3]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/gg3d4.png
Solution 2 - Macos
You can find all Chrome extensions in below location.
/Users/{mac_user}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions
Solution 3 - Macos
For Mac EI caption/Mac Sierra, Chrome extension folders were located at
/Users/$USER/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile*/Extensions/
Solution 4 - Macos
With the new App Launcher YOUR APPS (not chrome extensions) stored in Users/[yourusername]/Applications/Chrome Apps/
Solution 5 - Macos
They are found on either one of the below locations depending on how chrome was installed
- When chrome is installed at the user level, it's located at:
~/Users/<username>/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions
- When installed at the root level, it's at:
/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions
Solution 6 - Macos
Go to chrome://version
and get the right profile path.
In this folder you can find the extensions assigned to your profile by their id.
To find an extension id, enable the Developer mode in the extension page (chrome://extensions
).
The id is now displayed within the extension details.
Source: https://www.maketecheasier.com/view-source-code-chrome-extension/