13 Most Useful Chrome Extensions You Should Be Using

13 Most Useful Chrome Extensions You Should Be Using

Date First Published: 8th October 2024

Topic: Computer Systems

Subtopic: Computer Software

Article Type: Computer Questions & Answers

Difficulty: Easy

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Here are 13 most useful Chrome extensions you should be using.

There are hundreds of thousands of extensions in the Chrome web store. Some people may not know that they can enhance their browsing experience by adding extensions. These extensions can be very useful for improving productivity levels, removing distractions, protecting your privacy, and more. Here are 13 of the most useful Chrome extensions that can help improve the functionality of your web browser.

1. Grammarly

Grammarly reviews punctuation, spelling, clarity, and writing style. It analyses sentences as you write and adds colour-coded underlines to words and phrases where you can improve your writing. It's more than just a spelling checker. It can also detect wordy sentences, commonly confused words used in the wrong context, and tips for improving vocabulary.

2. NoScript

NoScript allows JavaScript, Flash, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted sources of your choice. This is useful for blocking annoying web elements, such as popup messages and certain paywalls, which require JavaScript from an external source to function. You can select which scripts to allow and block. Note that disabling scripts may break the functionality of the website.

3. Font Changer

This extension allows you to change the font displayed in your web browser for any website. It's useful if you come across websites with hard-to-read fonts or want to create a consistent font on each website you visit.

4. Download All Images

This extension allows you to save all photos from the current webpage, which is useful if you want to download a large number of images at once. It also provides customisable filters, based on file size, image size, and more. This saves having to click on every individual image to download it.

5. uBlock Origin

uBlock Origin is a browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking, tracker protection, popup blocking, and more. You can also create your own filter lists, block custom elements on a webpage, and disable JavaScript. There is a feature to exclude specific sites from content filtering if you find that a site stops working properly when it's enabled.

The PrintFriendly Chrome extension allows you to make webpages printer-friendly and convert them to PDF files. Making pages printer-friendly removes any unwanted elements, including ads, navigation bars, and sidebars.

7. OneNote Web Clipper

OneNote web clipper allows you to quickly clip all or part of a webpage and save it for later. This is useful if you come across important information and want to save it so that you can easily go back to it. You can clip images, PDFs, videos or a visual bookmark of a page. When you clip something onto OneNote, it will be available on all your devices.

8. MyBib

MyBib is a citation generator that automatically makes accurate citations to any source. You can browse to any page and click the MyBib button to generate an automatically formatted citation for that page. You can copy these citations straight into your academic assignments and blog posts.

9. Todoist

This Chrome extension is used by millions of people to organise and plan projects. You can use it to add websites to your reading list, save items to your wishlist, and set tasks from your browser. It can integrate with Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, and more.

10. Dark Reader

This Chrome extension creates a dark theme for your web browser and the websites you visit. When dark mode is enabled, it inverts bright colours, making them high contrast and easier to read at night. You can also adjust the brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode, font settings and the ignore list.

11. DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

With DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, you can search, browse, and email more privately. It sets the default search engine and homepage to DuckDuckGo, automatically stops most third-party trackers from loading, blocks most email trackers, and prevents most third-party cookies from tracking you.

12. StayFocusd

This extension is useful if you easily get distracted and want to block distracting websites, which would improve productivity. You can set a time limit for blocking websites, the days that the extension will restrict your access to distracting websites, and choose specific pages or in-page content to be blocked.

Cookie editor allows you to create, edit, and delete cookies on the current website you are visiting without leaving your tab. You can search for cookies by name or value, import and export cookies, back up and restore your cookies, and more. This Chrome extension is useful for developing and testing webpages and manually managing cookies for your privacy.

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