
As you add more extensions to Edge, they’ll populate the Extensions page.
(If the link doesn’t open in Edge, you can simply do a search on Chrome Web Store.)
You’ll be able to find Google’s complete repository of Chrome extensions on this page. Activating this option will allow you to install Chrome extensions. You’ll be installing extensions that weren’t technically made for Edge, and it may affect performance, Microsoft claims. After you toggle it on, you’ll need to confirm in a pop-up window that you actually want to do this. Flip the switch next to the option “Allow extensions from other stores” at the bottom left corner of the screen. To enable the installation of outside extensions, make sure you’re on Edge’s extension tab described above. Let’s be honest, you’ll probably be better suited by gaining access to Google’s extensive catalog of extensions, so let’s route you there. When you’ve found an extension you want, click “Get” on its page, and it will be added to the browser. To open up Microsoft’s selection, click “Get extensions from Microsoft Store” in the left column of the “Extensions” tab, or the link to the right. (The add-ons are apparently still in beta.) Still, it’s simple to install extensions from this source if you find something you’d like. You can browse for Edge extensions in Microsoft’s Store, although, as mentioned before, its selection is lacking. With the drop-down menu extended, select “Extensions,” which is located about halfway down the list of optionsĪfter you’ve clicked “Extensions,” a new tab will open in Edge. Once you’ve opened Edge, click the ellipses on the right side of the browser window next to the profile picture. The first step is to download Microsoft’s Edge if you haven’t already. But overall, this is an easy and fast operation that will help make Microsoft’s improved browser feel like home - that is, if Google Chrome is where you do most of your browsing. Gaining access to Chrome’s extensions means taking a few extra steps. In this article, I’m going to walk you through how to find and install extensions in Edge and ultimately get you set up with Chrome extensions. This means that it supports the same tremendously large selection of extensions, in addition to Microsoft’s own relatively limited selection of native extensions that are available through its store. Microsoft’s new version of the Edge browser, which just launched for Windows 10, macOS, and mobile, is built on the same Chromium code base and can also tap into the Chrome web store. One of the best things about Google Chrome is its robust catalog of extensions.