How to Prevent People from Installing Extensions in Chrome

If you let your family or other people browse the web using Chrome on your PC, you might want to prevent them from installing extensions in Chrome. Here’s how to take advantage of a Chrome policy meant for system administrators to disable extension installation.


Link: Chrome policy templates – https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chrome/policy/policy_templates.zip



Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Home users use the registry editor
3:10 Windows 10 professional use group policy
5:46 End screen


What you’ll learn
1. Home Users: Use the Registry Editor
a. How to open the Registry Editor
b. How to drill down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE – SOFTWARE -WOW6432Node – Policies
c. How to make ExtensionInstallBlocklist key
d. How to make BlockExternalExtensions key
e. How to ensure that no other user can install Chrome extensions from the Chrome Web Store or any other online source
2. Windows 10 Professional: Use Group Policy
a. How to use the Local Group Policy Editor to prevent others from adding Chrome extensions
b. How and where to download the Chrome policy templates zip file from Google
c. How to launch the Group Policy Editor
d. How to Add/Remove Templates
e. How to unpacked the Chrome policy templates
f. How to drill down to Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates – Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) – Google – Google Chrome – Extensions
g. How to Enable/Disable Configure extension installation blocklist
h. How to Enable/Disable Block external extensions for being installed
i. How to make no one can install any extensions from the Chrome Web Store or from any other location


















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