Uninstall Blacklisted Extensions With Google's Chrome Admin Policy

A new admin policy from Google to its browser - Chrome will ensure that any blacklisted browser extensions will be automatically uninstalled by the administrators.Earlier, the policy "Configure extension installation blacklist" was used to create a blacklist of Chrome extensions. These blacklisted extensions are added as individual extension ids, and once added, will prevent managed users from installing the associated extensions.

To do this, Windows administrators can download Chrome's policy templates and add them to the Group Policy Editor. Once added, they will be able to configure various group policies such as the blacklist below.If the policy is enabled, it will prevent the users from installing blacklisted extensions. If the user had already installed them in the chrome, the policy ensures that it gets disabled, and once disabled, users will be unable to enable them again.

The above policy, though, does not actually delete the extension from the computer. Due to this, administrators have been requesting a new group policy that will cause Chrome to remove any extension that is listed under the "Configure extension installation blacklist" policy.