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Load unpacked Chrome extension programmatically

Is it possible to load and unload unpacked Chrome extensions from the Command Line?

Solution

  • Yes, although only temporarily *:

    chromium --load-extension=path/to/extension

    If you want to load multiple extensions, just separate the path by a comma:

    chromium --load-extension=path/to/extension,path/to/another/extension

    Replace chromium with chrome.exe (or whatever is used to start your Chrome/Chromium browser).

    * When you close the browser, and starts it again without the command line argument, then the extension will disappear from the list of installed extensions.