Chrome extension is automatically installed after its back on the CWS

[Mortix]

Hello!

I am one of the developers of the extension "FastForward", and it was removed from the store about 11 months ago, and now it's back in the store again, and some users reported that the extension is automatically installed on their browsers. Is this behavior normal, and, does this only affect users who had the extension before it got removed?

[Deco]

Yes that's correct, even if an extension is removed from the CWS, it will not be removed from a user who has already installed the extension in the browser, this is intended as extension removal has to be done by the user themselves.

Cheers,

Deco

On Thu, 3 Aug 2023, 21:53 Mortix, <arthursi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello!

I am one of the developers of the extension "FastForward", and it was removed from the store about 11 months ago, and now it's back in the store again, and some users reported that the extension is automatically installed on their browsers. Is this behavior normal, and, does this only affect users who had the extension before it got removed?

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[Buff]

Asking a digression, how did this extension come back? On August 1st, CWS (Chrome Web Store) taken down my extension and I didn't receive any email. Now, I have been trying to contact them for 3 days, but the CWS developers haven't responded to me yet (they might be on vacation). I would like to inquire if there is any way to bring it back. My current customers really need it.

[Deco]

I do not work for Google, and as such cannot comment on why their internal procedures for why extensions are taken down or put back up again, with that being said I can see you've already made several threads about this issue, but I do not have the power and nobody else here can assist you unfortunately (aside from maybe Patrick or someone else on the CWS team who've already enquired about it).

Cheers,

Deco

[Buff]

I see. I am waiting for their reply and getting ready to buy them a few cups of coffee or beers XD

[Mortix]

We got an email from Google with the reason it got removed. We then translated our extension to MV3 and removed the Linkvertise bypass (because Linkvertise sent a request to remove it from the CWS), and now its back again.

Did you try searching on the account who sent the extensiom to CWS? There should be an email to you.