How do I view the storage of a Chrome Extension I've installed?

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JoshJordan picture JoshJordan · Aug 12, 2012 · Viewed 28.9k times · Source

It seems like it should be possible to view the localStorage/chrome.storage of Chrome Extensions installed on my browser. I've played around with the Developer Tools a bit, but haven't found a way to do this. Any ideas?

Answer

Xan picture Xan · Dec 12, 2014

There is a very helpful extension to work with both localStorage and chrome.storage that I recently discovered, that works as a Dev Tools panel.

Storage Area Explorer

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I did not write this, but it was suggested by the author on some other SO question.

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