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<p>This API provides ways to manage the list of extensions that are installed and running.</p>

<h2 id="Types">Types</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.ExtensionInfo")}}</dt>
 <dd>Information about an installed extension.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.getAll()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns a list of information about installed extensions.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.get()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns information about the installed extension that has the given ID.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.getSelf()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns information about the calling extension.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.uninstall()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Uninstalls the specified extension.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.uninstallSelf()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Uninstalls the calling extension.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.getPermissionWarningsById()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Get the set of permission warnings for an add-on, given its ID.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.getPermissionWarningsByManifest()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Get the set of permission warnings that would be displayed for the given manifest string.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.setEnabled()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Enable/disable the specified add-on.</dd>
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 <h2 id="Events">Events</h2>
 </dt>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.onInstalled")}}</dt>
 <dd>Fired when an add-on is installed.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.onUninstalled")}}</dt>
 <dd>Fired when an add-on is uninstalled.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.onEnabled")}}</dt>
 <dd>Fired when an add-on is enabled.</dd>
 <dt>{{WebExtAPIRef("management.onDisabled")}}</dt>
 <dd>Fired when an add-on is disabled.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{WebExtBrowserCompat}}</p>

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<p>The "Chrome incompatibilities" section is included from <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities"> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities</a> using the <a href="/en-US/docs/Template:WebExtChromeCompat">WebExtChromeCompat</a> macro.</p>

<p>If you need to update this content, edit <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities</a>, then shift-refresh this page to see your changes.</p>
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<p>{{WebExtChromeCompat}} {{WebExtExamples("h2")}}</p>

<div class="note"><strong>Acknowledgements</strong>

<p>This API is based on Chromium's <a href="https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/management"><code>chrome.management</code></a> API. This documentation is derived from <a href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/extensions/common/api/management.json"><code>management.json</code></a> in the Chromium code.</p>

<p>Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.</p>
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