We’ll need to use the registry editor to deal with such extensions. Windows RegistryĬhrome allows other programs to associate extensions with Chrome via the Windows Registry. However, a developer could just as easily create a malicious extension and prevent you from uninstalling it via the Programs and Features window, so we’ll cover how you could get rid of this extension manually. In the case of the Ask Toolbar, Ask.com graciously allows us to remove it from our system via the Control Panel, although they don’t even allow us to disable it from within Chrome. Uninstall them from the Control Panel, if you can.
They will be shown alongside the other applications you have installed on your system in the Programs and Features section.
If the extension’s developer is behaving properly, you will be able to uninstall a globally installed extension from the Windows Control Panel.
