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A few months ago there was an update to Google Chrome that got rid of all my "Apps" on the home page. There's only one I use, and now that it's gone it's incredibly frustrating.

I use the PostMan App to test REST interfaces, and the only way I can find to launch the app is to visit the Chrome App Store first and launch it from there.

The extension is installed (in settings > extensions) -- and it doesn't come up in the omnibar when I type "PostMan" either.

How do I fix this so I can launch the app without searching for it first??

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  • Are you appropriately logged into your Google account since the Chrome update?
    – mdpc
    Aug 19, 2014 at 19:34

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This update was a bit annoying. You can see it at chrome://apps/. For a quicker way to access it, you can:

You can now easily open the app.

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    Perfect. Thank you! I'm just going to make chrome://apps/ my home page haha
    – blakev
    Aug 19, 2014 at 22:53
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    It's incredible that the installed addons don't even show up on the list of your apps. What a crock.
    – Svend
    Jun 24, 2016 at 12:20
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    Official Chrome app launcher now going teh way of the dodo, but the chrome://apps/ still works - theverge.com/2016/3/22/11287450/…
    – John K
    Jul 8, 2016 at 0:59
  • Those are applications, not extensions.
    – Nakilon
    Oct 16, 2021 at 23:18
  • Is this solution still valid after the 2020-2022 App-ocolypse? blog.chromium.org/2020/08/… chrome://apps/ is not valid on my chromebook, version 103.0.5060.114 (Official Build) (64-bit)
    – jla
    Jul 12, 2022 at 18:44
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As described in help page on how to Use the New Tab page, you can click the "Apps" button in the top left corner of the new tab page (#3 below).

New Tab Page

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    Mine doesn't have that bar, and the thing representing "apps" on the home page doesn't have any apps that aren't made by Google. Thanks though!
    – blakev
    Aug 19, 2014 at 22:52
  • Sometimes we are lazy enough and stackoverflow comes to rescue...
    – Vishal Kumar Sahu
    Nov 26, 2017 at 15:30
  • No such button or bar option, probably because Chome Apps are dead 2020-2022.
    – jla
    Jul 12, 2022 at 18:45
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If you don't see the "Apps" shortcut in the upper left corner on the new tab page, right click on the bar/area below the url/search box and check "Show apps shortcut"

(sorry, i didn't have enough cred to post a screenshot)

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    I cannot right click on the little gray lining below url bar. So have to show bookmark bar and then only able to right click.
    – vusan
    Jul 19, 2017 at 5:22
  • No more chrome apps, chrome finished killing them off 2020-2022.
    – jla
    Jul 12, 2022 at 18:47
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You can now go in to chrome://apps/ and right click the app. There you can create a short to the desktop

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    Those are applications, not extensions.
    – Nakilon
    Oct 16, 2021 at 23:17
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On UI in Google Chrome Version 79.0.3945.130 in bookmark bar enable showing of apps shortcut apps icon

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  • No such option, version 103.0.5060.114 (Official Build) (64-bit)
    – jla
    Jul 12, 2022 at 18:46

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