Extensions

Attention. SaveFrom.net, Frigate, and a number of other extensions are disabled because they may behave in dangerous and fraudulent ways.

Extensions are mini-programs that provide new features. For example, they can block bothersome ads, enable night mode, or manage passwords. In the Yandex Browser beta version, you can install extensions created by the developers of Yandex Browser or extensions from the Opera catalog.

Note. There are a lot of malicious extensions, because they are created by browser developers as well as by third-party programmers. That's why Yandex Browser disables extensions from unverified sources and regularly checks extensions that were installed earlier to verify their authenticity.

View the list of extensions

Note. If the extension is not on the list or you can't install it, most likely, you are using Yandex Browser for business, and the restrictions are set by the ExtensionInstallBlocklist policy.

Based on a thorough analysis of existing extensions and user preferences, we selected the most popular, useful, and secure extensions for Yandex Browser.

To open the extensions list, click → Add-ons.

The list contains pre-installed extensions (for example, Antishock) and additional Yandex Browser features (for example, syncing).

Actions with extensions

Selected

Click → Add-ons.
Select an extension and click Install.

From the catalog

You can install extensions from the Opera catalog that is compatible with Yandex Browser.

Click → Add-ons.
At the bottom of the page, click Yandex Browser extensions catalog.
Go to the page with the extension you want to install and click + Add to Yandex Browser.
In the window that opens, review the list of data that the extension will have access to. If you are willing to allow the extension to access your data, proceed with the installation.

Click → Add-ons.
Find the extension in the list and switch the option to On / Off.

If you want to access extension settings:

Click → Add-ons.
Click More information under the description of the extension.
Under the description, click Settings. If there is no such button, then this extension cannot be configured.

Pre-installed

You can't remove preinstalled extensions (such as Antishock, Ad blocker, Adviser, and Yandex Mail), but you can disable them.

In the "From other sources" section

Click → Add-ons.
Click More information under the description of the extension.
Click Delete.

In other sections

Go to page browser://extensions.
Find the desired extension and click Remove.

This will remove the extension from browser files, but it'll remain on the Add-ons page. When you enable it, it'll be downloaded and installed again.

Extension icon

When some extensions are on, an icon appears to the right of the SmartBox. When you click it, you get access to the extension’s features:

Right-click the extension icon.
Select Hide button.

If an extension icon doesn't display on the Yandex Browser panel:

Click → Add-ons.
Click More information under the description of the extension.
Click Show button.

If there are a lot of icons on the panel, you can collapse them:

Hover the mouse cursor over the area between the SmartBox and the extension icons so that the cursor changes to a two-way arrow.
Press the left mouse button.
Drag it to the right while holding it.

To see all collapsed extensions, click .

Set keyboard shortcuts for extensions

You can set keyboard shortcuts to activate an extension quickly or perform actions with it.

Click → Add-ons.
At the bottom of the page, click Keyboard shortcuts for extensions.
Select the desired extension.
Choose the action that you want to assign a shortcut to and click in the field to the right of it.
Press and hold one or more modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) and a key of your choice.
Click OK.

What extensions are not supported by Yandex Browser?

Yandex Browser supports extensions only from the Opera catalog that have been checked to ensure they are safe. If you try to install an extension from a different source, you will see one of these notifications:


Incompatibility message	Reason for failure
Yandex blocked installation of a potentially dangerous extension	This extension is malicious and has been blacklisted
Yandex Browser does not support this extension	The extension is not technically compatible with Yandex Browser.
The installer says the extension was successfully installed, but it does not appear on the extensions page.	The extension is not technically compatible with Yandex Browser.


Incompatibility message	Reason for failure
Yandex blocked installation of a potentially dangerous extension	This extension is malicious and has been blacklisted
Yandex Browser does not support this extension	The extension is not technically compatible with Yandex Browser.
The installer says the extension was successfully installed, but it does not appear on the extensions page.	The extension is not technically compatible with Yandex Browser.

How do I add a new extension to Yandex Browser?

Archive the extension and save it as a CRX3 file.
Go to browser://tune in the browser.
Open the folder with the archive and drag the archive to the Yandex Browser window.

After the extension is installed, it appears in the From other sources section.

Problems with extensions

An extension stopped working

Try reinstalling it. Go to browser://extensions in the browser. Find the necessary extension and click Remove. Then reinstall it from the browser://tune page or from the source that you used to install this extension before.

The Yandex Mail, Yandex Disk, Yandex Weather, or Yandex Traffic extension isn't working

The “Yandex Elements” extensions (Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Weather, Yandex.Traffic, and Yandex.Disk) are no longer developed and installed, and they aren't guaranteed to perform correctly. Install web apps of these services.

The extension doesn't change the appearance of the new tab

Yandex Browser ignores extensions that change the appearance or functionality of a new tab so that useful information isn't removed from it. You can disable the blocks that you don't need, such as sites pinned to the Tableau, news, weather, and other widgets. You can also add your own browser background and change the custom theme.

Error in the extension, it shuts down

Try reinstalling it. Go to browser://extensions in the browser. Find the necessary extension and click Remove. Then reinstall it from the browser://tune page or the source that you used to install this extension before.

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