How to download Chrome extensions for installing in another computer?
Or just use http://chrome-extension-downloader.com to download a chrome extension easily.
Ok. I just found out that the accepted answer's method is not working. It was actually working a few months back. So, when I came here to copy the link (I had forgotten) I found that its not working. Here's what I did to get the CRX file.
Note: You will need the Chrome Extensions's ID for this. I am referring it to as $ID$
. You can get the $ID$
from the URL of the Chrome Extension page.
Go to Chrome's Extensions page (chrome://extensions/)
Enable the developer mode (check the developer mode box)
Click on the "Pack extension" button. Give the "Extension root directory" as:
a. Unix, ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions/$ID$
b. Windows, C:\Users\<Your_User_Name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\$ID$
c. OSX, ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default\$ID$
Leave the "Private Key" field blank" and click "Pack extension".
You will find the .CRX
file in the same directory as ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions/$ID$
(or other respective directories for Windows and OS X)
(Note: The .CRX
file is just a .ZIP
file. If all you want to do is to extract extension after getting it, you can just find the unpacked extension at <previous folder>/Extensions/$ID$
you don't need to follow above steps. You would need to follow above steps only if you specifically need the .CRX
file)
I've wondered how to do this too. I found this blog article that has the solution (I edited it to bring it up-to-date):
- Find the ID of the extension you’re interested in. When on the details page of the extension, it will be something like
bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdnafterhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/- Paste this into Firefox (not Chrome):
https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&x=id%3D~~~~%26ucand replacing ~~~~ with the extension ID.- You’ll be prompted to save a CRX file. Drag this file to a Chrome window and proceed with installation