How can I view all my browser extensions?

QI use several web browsers, including Chrome, Edge and Firefox, and have extensions installed in all of them. I often read about interesting extensions in Computeractive, only to find I’ve previously installed, disabled and forgotten about them. Is there any program that can tell me all the extensions currently installed across all my browsers? Peter Hill

AYour browsers will each have an Extensions or Add-ons Manager that lists all your installed extensions – in Chrome, for example, click the three-dot menu button and choose Extensions from the ‘More tools’ sub-menu. However, if you frequently switch between different browsers, it’s much more useful to have a single overview of all your add-ons.

That’s the idea behind Browseraddonsview, a simple free tool from the prolific software developer Nirsoft. Download the program from www.snipca.com/41939 – the download link is about two-thirds of the way down the page, below the Feedback section – and extract it from the ZIP file. Doubleclick the Browseraddonsview EXE file (it doesn’t require installation) and a window will open listing all your installed extensions.

The details include the name of each add-on, the browser it’s installed in, whether it’s Enabled or Disabled, a description of what it does (where available), the date it was installed and much more. You can make this information clearer by hiding columns or moving them to less prominent positions. Click the View menu, select Choose Columns and untick less important options, or use the Move Up and Move Down buttons (see screenshot) to reorder the columns.

You can’t uninstall extensions through Browseraddonsview, but you can at least see which ones you’ve installed and where and when – we’ve got almost 500 of them!

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