{"id":669,"date":"2021-06-20T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T21:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/?p=669"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T21:24:57","slug":"remove-extension-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/faq\/remove-extension-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: How can I make it harder to remove the extension from Edge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In general, an Edge extension cannot prevent the user from uninstalling it, so LeechBlock cannot offer this as an option within the extension itself.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is possible to &#8220;force install&#8221; an extension by setting a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/deployedge\/microsoft-edge-policies#extensioninstallforcelist\">Microsoft Edge policy<\/a> so that the extension cannot be removed or disabled. (You should create a backup of your LeechBlock settings before you attempt this solution: Options &gt; General &gt; Export.)<\/p>\n<p>On Windows, the policy can be set via the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/how-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10-deab38e6-91d6-e0aa-4b7c-8878d9e07b11\">Registry Editor<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to the following registry key (or create it if it doesn&#8217;t exist):\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Edge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add a new key under the <strong>Edge<\/strong> key (if it doesn&#8217;t already exist):\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ExtensionInstallForcelist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add a new value to that key:\n<ul>\n<li>Name: <strong>1<\/strong> (or some higher number if 1 is already used)<\/li>\n<li>Type: <strong>String<\/strong> (REG_SZ)<\/li>\n<li>Data: <strong>hnncfhodpmpjchmmcnimoimkcojdmfhl<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> Do not attempt to edit the registry unless you really know what you&#8217;re doing! You should <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/322756\/how-to-back-up-and-restore-the-registry-in-windows\">back up your registry<\/a> before making any changes. The developer of LeechBlock will not be held responsible for any damage you do to your system by editing the registry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In general, an Edge extension cannot prevent the user from uninstalling it, so LeechBlock cannot offer this as an option within the extension itself. However, it is possible to &#8220;force install&#8221; an extension by setting a Microsoft Edge policy so that the extension cannot be removed or disabled. (You should create a backup of your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/faq\/remove-extension-edge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FAQ: How can I make it harder to remove the extension from Edge?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6LSwm-aN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proginosko.com\/leechblock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}