Recently, all of my Google Chrome extensions have stopped working on all of my computers. I want to know if it's possible to reset all of the Chrome extension settings to the defaults (because I'm hoping that this will fix the problem.) Is it possible to reset all extension settings to the defaults?
1 Answer
Yes, but it depends on how they store their settings—there are (too?) many.
Cookies
If the extension stores its settings in a cookie, then you will need to find and delete the relevant cookies from chrome://settings/cookies
(you can delete all cookies with chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
if you don't use them in general).
Local Storage
If the extension stores its settings in local-storage, then you will need to navigate to the Local Storage directory in your UserData folder and delete the relevant data. For example:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings
If you only want to reset some extensions, you can cross-reference the folder names with the extension(s) in question by selecting the Developer mode option in the chrome://extensions
to see the GUID (e.g., mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja
= Google Dictionary, so delete mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja
folder)
Databases
Extensions can also store their data in the IndexedDB
directory:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/IndexedDB
Extension databases are prefixed with chrome-extension_
.Again, delete the relevant folder(s).
Post-reset
Finally, restart Chrome and the extension(s) should be reset to their default settings. Depending on the extension(s), they may or may not pop up their configuration page and ask you to configure them for the "first time".