Hide Your Extensions

Chrome is great for its flexibility (and speed!). One feature I am addicted to is the ability to add extensions. The problem I run into is that my address bar (called the Omnibox in Chrome) gets squeezed to the left.

Extensions before hiding them away.

Hey! You’ve got to hide your buttons away.

Not all extensions need to be visible, however. Some such as Adblock can run very well in the background.

If you right click [CONTROL + Click] on an extension, there is an option to hide the button in the Chrome Menu. 

… and your browser will suddenly look much cleaner.

After hiding extensions away

Where do the buttons go?

Hidden extensions are available after clicking on the “hotdog” button

The above screenshot shows the “hotdog” button or the Chrome Menu button. After hiding the buttons, they appear here.

Getting them back to their original spot is easy. Simply click the button you want to move while it is in the Chrome Menu, then right [CONTROL + Click] click it again to reveal an option to keep it in the toolbar.