Archiving an Extension

[Tom Isherwood]

Hi there, 

We have an extension that is no longer published and is not downloadable by new users. We do have 1000 people who still have the extension installed. What will happen if we archive the extension since we no longer want the extension on our developer account? Will these 1000 users lose access to the extension? Will the extension still be connected to the account or removed completely? If it is still connected to the account, could we permanently delete it after it has been archived? 

Thanks,

Tom  

[Simeon Vincent]

> Will these 1000 users lose access to the extension?

It depends on what you mean, but I suspect the answer is no.

Existing installations will remain on users devices and will continue to function as they do today.

If users have sync enabled, when they log in to a new Chrome instance and sync their installed extensions, Chrome will not be able to fetch the archived extension from the Chrome Web Store. 

Users will no longer be able to find the extension in the Chrome Web Store, so it is very unlikely that any new installations of the extension will occur.

> Will the extension still be connected to the account or removed completely? If it is still connected to the account, could we permanently delete it after it has been archived? 

Chrome Web Store does not support deleting previously published items. They can be archived to get them out of your way when you're using the developer dashboard, but they cannot be completely removed.

If I may, why do you want to delete the extension? If you're concerned about the limited number of extensions you can have on a given account, you can contact developer support to request additional quota. https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/contact/one_stop_support

Simeon Vincent
Developer Relations Engineer

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