Chrome extension id - how to find it

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How can I find out what the chrome extension id is for an extension?

score 146 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 27 '21 at 17:01

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Use the chrome.runtime.id property from the chrome.runtime API.

edited Feb 27 '21 at 17:01

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answered Jan 20 '12 at 19:16

abraham

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`chrome.runtime.id` is available to extensions, apps and legacy packaged apps. – Rob W Jul 25 '13 at 09:03
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Does `chrome.runtime.id` work from webpages? I can't make it work. – Daniel Marín May 22 '15 at 09:18
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Before your chrome app is in the web store, can you use this to get its ID for development purposes (with the identity API)? – Diode Dan Jul 17 '15 at 19:25
@DiodeDan you should just upload the app now and not publish it yet. You can read about [setting the ID for your dev version](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_identity#copy_key). – abraham Jul 17 '15 at 19:58
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Just to remind: This couldn't be used in page console, but should be used in extension's inspect view console. To do that, navigate to `chrome://extensions`, check `Developer mode`, and click `Inspect views` link. – zhm Sep 22 '16 at 07:21

score 59 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '15 at 21:32

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You get an extension ID when you upload your extension to Google Web Store. Ie. Adblock has URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb and the last part of this URL is its extension ID cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb.

If you wish to read installed extension IDs from your extension, check out the managment module. chrome.management.getAll allows to fetch information about all installed extensions.

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answered Jan 20 '12 at 18:53

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thanks perfect, what i was looking for, one of my extensions is randomly popuping up Rubicon ads after my tags in random pages i'm developing on! surprise when i saw them... UPDATE: culprit "Skype Click to Call" – sonjz Aug 30 '12 at 19:06
I was having errors in my console and I was able to find extension but didn't know what it was. Thank you for this tip I just googled, in this case `jllpkdkcdjndhggodimiphkghogcpida` and it became clear which extension was messing me up. EDIT.. Oh wait, I just realize that all of the corresponding IDs are actually on the extensions page within the browser. doi. – Alex Gray Mar 02 '13 at 20:48
Worth noting for LastPass (and others, just an example) that with the URL `https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-password-ma/hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd` that `hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd` is the ID and not `lastpass-free-password-ma` – duct_tape_coder Apr 22 '21 at 17:32
@Konrad Dzwinel My extension has not been uploaded to Chrome store, as I use it personally. I loaded it through the Developer Mode option, and yet, it still has an ID. How does the browser decide this ID and if I share this extension with a colleague for ex. will he have a different ID when he loads it using developer mode? Or the same ID? – Verminous Nov 24 '22 at 12:38

score 33 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 20 '19 at 16:25

If you just need to do it one-off, navigate to chrome://extensions. Enable Developer Mode at upper right. The ID will be shown in the box for each extension.

Or, if you're working on developing a userscript or extension, purposefully throw an error. Look in the javascript console, and the ID will be there, on the right side of the console, in the line describing the error.

Lastly, you can look in your chrome extensions directory; it stores extensions in directories named by the ID. This is the worst choice, as you'd have extension IDs, and have to read each manifest.json to figure out which ID was the right one. But if you just installed something, you can also just sort by creation date, and the newest extension directory will be the ID you want.

Perfect! This is the answer. – user959690 May 21 '19 at 17:15 — user959690, May 21 '19 at 17:15
This answer should be marked as the solution, IMO. – bambams Jan 31 '23 at 21:55 — bambams, Jan 31 '23 at 21:55

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '15 at 16:59

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As Alex Gray points out in a comment above, "all of the corresponding IDs are actually on the extensions page within the browser".

However, you must click the Developer Mode checkbox at top of Extensions page to see them.

answered Oct 24 '15 at 16:59

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xged · Answer 5 · 2016-12-14T08:45:01.890

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Extension IDs can be found in:

chrome://extensions (Chrome_Hotdog >> More_tools >> Extensions) Developer mode.

For Linux: $HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default/Preferences (json file) under ["extensions"].

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answered May 21 '16 at 18:55

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 01 '20 at 16:57

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All extension ID are listed here:

chrome://system

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answered Aug 01 '20 at 16:57

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