How to add Chrome extensions in Microsoft Edge Chromium

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft launched Microsoft Edge with Windows 10, a browser that came with the idea of ​​making Internet Explorer, the browser that reigned with an iron hand from the late 90s to 2012, when Google Chrome became the most widely used browser in the world surpassing Internet Explorer.

As the years have passed, the reign of Chrome has continued and is currently found on almost 3 out of 4 computers that connect to the internet through a browser. With Edge, Microsoft not only wanted to turn the page with Internet Explorer, but it also wanted stand up to Chrome. But he did not succeed.

As the years went by, Microsoft realized that something was wrong. The main problem that Edge presented us, we not only found in its performance, but also in the lack of extensions. While it is true that Edge was compatible with extensions, the number of these was very limited, very limited if we compare it with the number available in Chrome.

The only solution was to build a new browser from scratch, a new Chromium-based browser, the same engine that is currently available in both Chrome and Opera since both Firefox and Apple's Safari use Gecko.

In January 2020, Microsoft released the final version of the new Edge, a browser that presents a very important evolution compared to the previous version. Not only is it faster, but it also offers us different methods to prevent the tracking of our and is compatible with all extensions that we can currently find in the Chrome Web Store.

How to install Microsoft Edge Chromium

Microsoft Edge

Being a new version of Microsoft Edge, a browser that is integrated into Windows 10, if you have updated your copy of Windows 10, most likely you already have it installed on your computer. If not, you can stop by only official link To download it with full guarantee, link that we find on the official Microsoft page.

From the link, you can download both the version for Windows 10, and the version for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 as well as the version for macOSSince this new edition of Edge is compatible with all desktop operating systems of the last 10 years.

And when I say official, I mean that you have to be wary of all web pages that claim to allow us to download Microsoft Edge from their servers, as if they were the owners of the software. We must be wary because 99% of the time, the installation software includes third-party applications that will install if we do not read all the steps to follow during installation.

Install extensions in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft offers us a series of its own extensions that have accompanied the launch of the new version of Edge based on Chromium, extensions that we can find in the Microsoft Store. To access from the browser, we must access the configuration options by clicking on the three horizontal points located in the upper right corner of the browser and selecting extensions.

To access the section of the Microsoft Store where the own extensions are found from the browser itself, we have to go to the left column and click on Get extensions from Microsoft Store.

Then all the extensions available directly from Microsoft will be displayed, extensions that they have passed security checks from Microsoft, like all the applications available in the Microsoft application store. In the left column, we find the categories of the applications while in the right column those corresponding to each one are shown.

Install extensions in Microsoft Edge

To install any of these extensions, we just have to click on its name, and press the Get button so that it automatically installs on our copy of Microsoft Edge Chromium. Once installed, as is the case with both Chrome and Firefox and the rest of the browsers allow extensions to be installed, its icon will be displayed at the end of the search bar.

Install Chrome extensions on Microsoft Edge Chromium

Microsoft Edge

In order to install Chrome extensions on the new Microsoft Edge, we must first access the same window from where we can install the extensions that Microsoft itself offers us. In the lower left part of that window, we must activate the switch Allow extensions from other stores.

Once we have enabled this option, we can go to the Chrome Web Store to find and install the extensions we want to use in our Chromium-based copy of Microsoft Edge.

Install extensions in Microsoft Edge

In this case, we will proceed to install the extension Netflix Party, an extension that allows us to enjoy the same Netlix content with our friends without being in the same place. Once we are on the extension page, click on Add to Chrome and we confirm the installation. Once installed, we will find it at the end of the search box. We do not need to log in with our Google account to install the extension in Edge Chromium.

How to remove extensions in Microsoft Edge Chromium

Delete extensions in Microsoft Edge

To eliminate the extensions that we have previously installed in Microsoft Edge, we must access the configuration options and enter the Extensions section. Within this section, all the extensions we have previously installed, whether they are Microsoft's own extensions or extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

The procedure to eliminate them from our computer is the same, since we only have to go to the extension to eliminate and click on Remove (located just below the name of the extension) confirming the deletion in the next step. Another option that Edge Chromium offers us is to deactivate the extension.

If we deactivate the extension, this will stop working in our browser, its icon will not be shown at the end of the search box, but it will still be available to activate it when we need it. This option is ideal to test if any of the extensions that we have recently installed on our computer is the cause of the problems that are presented.

If you have any questions about the process, do not hesitate is to leave it in the comments and with pleasure I will help you solve them.


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