[macos] Where to find extensions installed folder for Google Chrome on Mac?

I can not find them under ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/; Where are they?

  • Mac Pro 10.8.4
  • Chrome Version 26.0.1410.65

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The answer is


You can find all Chrome extensions in below location.

/Users/{mac_user}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions

For Mac EI caption/Mac Sierra, Chrome extension folders were located at

/Users/$USER/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile*/Extensions/

With the new App Launcher YOUR APPS (not chrome extensions) stored in Users/[yourusername]/Applications/Chrome Apps/


They are found on either one of the below locations depending on how chrome was installed

  • When chrome is installed at the user level, it's located at:

~/Users/<username>/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions

  • When installed at the root level, it's at:

/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions


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