Google Docs Offline Download For Pc Windows 10
Olegario Benford
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There is this extension: -docs-offline/ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi that allows users to use all their google docs offline. We installed it on Edge but it's not working. Please, please, please, find a way for us to use google docs offline on Edge, we want so much to switch to Edge!
Have you tried the instructions at ? It appears the Google extension to use Docs etc offline only wants to work in Google Chrome, but just checks the User-Agent, so if you set up a user-agent switching extension in Edge to report itself as Google Chrome when connecting to docs.google.com etc it should then let the extension to work offline work.
I'll also just add that that same user agent switcher extension recommended in that post is also available from the Microsoft Edge App store, and it's easy to set it so it only spoofs the Google Chrome user Agent on Google sites like the Google Drive etc sites (open settings, switch to whitelist mode and enter google.com in the whitelist box) but reports you as Edge everywhere else.
Microsoft Edge users who have updated their web browser to one of the latest versions recently may want to check the installed extensions. Microsoft is installing the Google Docs Offline extension in Microsoft Edge automatically.
The rollout started with the release of Microsoft Edge 114.0.1823.58 on June 22, 2023. The extension will be installed automatically in all Edge installations, but it won't be enabled by default according to Microsoft.
Google Docs Offline is an official extension for Chrome by Google that allows Google Docs users to edit, create and view documents, spreadsheets and presentations without Internet connectivity. It furthermore adds advanced cut, copy and paste functionalities in Google Editors.
ExtensionInstallBlocklist gives administrators control over extensions that may be installed in Edge. Setting the value of the policy to * blocks the installation of any extension that is not specifically allowed. It is furthermore possible to specify extension IDs, in the case of Google Docs Offline ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi, to block it from being installed automatically by Microsoft or by users of the browser.
Microsoft does not reveal why it is installing the Google Docs Offline extension in its web browser. While the extension is beneficial to some Google Docs users, it appears that the majority of Edge users have no use for the extension.
If I understand correctly, for this extension to be of use, a windows user would have to have internet to download the google doc, then go offline to work on it.
Seems like a really niche usecase; would even 1% of the world ever even use it once?
For the vast majority of world users pre-installing the extension amounts to bloatware that needs to be constantly updated and is another potential attack surface.