Install and configure Chrome policy templates

Windows

Add the Chrome browser policy template

  1. Download the latest Chrome policy template.
  2. Copy the google.admx and chrome.admx files to your Policy Definition template folder. (Example: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions)
  3. In the admx folder, open the appropriate language folder. For example, if you’re in the U.S., open the en-US folder. Copy the google.adml and chrome.adml files to the matching language folder in your Policy Definition folder. (Example: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US)
  4. Open Group Policy (by Start > Run: gpedit.msc) to confirm than the Classic Administrative Templates / Google / Google Chrome under Administrative Templates. If not, you need to Right-click Administrative Templates, and select Add/Remove Templates. Add the chrome.adm template via the dialog.

Configure policies

  • Find the relevant browser extension ID. The ID is displayed in the extension manager of your browser.

  • Use the following JSON data, edit JSON data as a single line with no line breaks.

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    {"ngpampappnmepgilojfohadhhmbhlaek":{"installation_mode": "normal_installed","update_url":"https://localhost","override_update_url":true}}

  • Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

  • Go to User Configuration > Classic Administrative Templates > Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions, and double-click Extension management settings.

  • Select Enabled, and paste the JSON data with your chosen extension ID into the Options field.

Validate policies

  1. Browse to chrome://policy.
  2. Click Reload policies.
  3. In the top right, in the Filter policies by field box, enter ExtensionSettings.
  4. Check the Show policies with no value set box.
  5. Under the Chrome policy name next to each extension setting, make sure Status is set to OK.
  6. Click Show value and make sure the value field isn’t empty.

Disable IDM extension updates

  1. Uninstall the latest extensions if it is installed

  2. Visit the IDM installed directory, search for IDMGCExt.crx extension and drag and drop it onto Chrome://extensions page.

  3. Go to chrome extensions location.

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    %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ngpampappnmepgilojfohadhhmbhlaek

  4. copy the extension folder to your preferred location.

  5. Go to chrome://extensions page, uninstall the extensions.

  6. modify the update url to localhost in manifest.json

  7. Go to chrome://extensions page, install the extension by loading unpacked folder.

Reference

Chrome Browser quick start (Windows)

Set Chrome app and extension policies (Windows)

Disable browser extension automatic updates

Set Chrome Browser policies on managed PCs

Configure ExtensionSettings policy