Enable Force-installed Extensions With Non-Malware Violations
Last updated March 31, 2026
Deprecated
Controls whether extensions that are taken down due to non-malware violations can still be force installed in low-trust environments.
More information about non-malware violations and taken down can be found here. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/review-process#warning
Once the non-malware violation has been resolved, the extension will remain enabled and cannot be disabled or removed.
On Microsoft® Windows®, this policy is not available on instances that are joined to a Microsoft® Active Directory® domain, joined to Microsoft® Azure® Active Directory® or enrolled in Chrome Enterprise Core`.
On macOS, this policy is not available on instances that are managed via MDM, joined to a domain via MCX or enrolled in Chrome Enterprise Core.
Force-installed extensions with non-malware violations will remain enabled in these instances.
Currently, a force-installed extension with non-malware violations remains installed and enabled in Chrome.
Setting the policy to Enabled will cause force-installed extensions to behave the same (i.e., remain enabled) regardless of non-malware violations.
Setting the policy to Disabled or not setting the policy will cause force-installed extensions with non-malware violations to be disabled.
This policy was removed in M145. Starting that version, force-installed extensions with non-malware violations will be disabled in low-trust environments.