[Tip] Remove “Extensions” Menu Button from Google Chrome Toolbar

If you upgraded to new version of Google Chrome web browser, you might have immediately noticed the new “Extensions” menu button added to the main toolbar. A new Jigsaw puzzle piece icon is displayed in the latest version of Google Chrome browser.

This new Extensions toolbar button shows list of all installed extensions in Google Chrome. You can pin/unpin extensions to Chrome toolbar, directly uninstall/remove extensions from Chrome and access extensions options. You can also launch the main Extensions page (chrome://extensions/) by clicking on “Manage Extensions” option directly from this new Extensions menu.

The previous “Hide in Chrome Menu” option to move an extension’s toolbar button from main toolbar to Chrome Menu has been replaced with new Pin/Unpin feature.

The new Extensions menu also shows which type of access (full access or no access) the installed extensions have on the current web page. If an installed extension has full access on the web page, the Extensions menu will list the extension under “Full access” section and will show “These extensions can see and change information on this site” message. Similarly, if an installed extension has no access on the web page, the Extensions menu will list the extension under “No access needed” section and will show “These extensions don’t need to see and change information on this site” message.

Following screenshot shows new Extensions menu button in Google Chrome toolbar:

If you remember this Extensions menu button was implemented in Google Chrome 75.0 version but at that time the feature was under development and testing and was not enabled by default. We told you about this feature in our exclusive Google Chrome Canary Updates topic, check out UPDATE 111. We also shared a detailed tutorial about how to manually activate and enable Extensions menu button in Google Chrome toolbar when the button was not enabled by default. You can read about the tutorial at following link:

[Tip] Enable “Extensions” Menu Button in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Toolbar

Now in newer versions of Google Chrome, the Extensions menu button is activated and enabled by default.

There might be many Chrome users who may not like the new extra button on their browser toolbar. They may want to delete or remove the Extensions button from Chrome toolbar. Google Chrome team has not provided any direct way to disable or remove Extensions toolbar button. If you right-click on Extensions button, nothing happens. No context menu is shown.

Fortunately, the previous preference/flag to enable Extensions menu button still works in Chrome and the same preference/flag can be used to get rid of the Extensions button.

If you also want to remove the new Extensions menu button from Google Chrome toolbar, following steps will help you:

1. Open Google Chrome web browser and type chrome://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration page.

2. Now type toolbar menu in the “Search flags” box.

It’ll directly go to following option:

3. To disable/remove Extensions toolbar button, select Disabled from the drop-down box.

4. Google Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Relaunch now” button to restart Google Chrome.

That’s it. You have successfully removed the new “Extensions” menu button from Google Chrome toolbar. Google Chrome will no longer show Extensions button in its toolbar.

PS: If you want to re-enable or add the Extensions toolbar button in future, select “Default” option from the drop-down box and restart the browser.

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