I created an extension for Google Chrome and would like to know if it is possible for my extension to be enabled in incognito mode.
Ex: chrome.extension ...... allowedIncognitoAccess = true
It's not possible to automatically activate incognito mode for Chrome extensions.
Instead of letting the user figure out where the option can be found, just instruct the user to put a check on the checkbox at the extension.
chrome.extension.isAllowedIncognitoAccess
method.chrome.tabs.create
or chrome.tabs.update
to open chrome://extensions/?id=YOUR EXTENSION ID HERE
. The extension ID can be read programatically through the chrome.runtime.id
property. Chrome recognizes the id
query parameter and highlights the specified extension in the list of extensions, as seen in the next picture (notice the gray background):In terms of code:
chrome.extension.isAllowedIncognitoAccess(function(isAllowedAccess) {
if (isAllowedAccess) return; // Great, we've got access
// alert for a quick demonstration, please create your own user-friendly UI
alert('Please allow incognito mode in the following screen.');
chrome.tabs.create({
url: 'chrome://extensions/?id=' + chrome.runtime.id
});
});