{"id":158,"date":"2014-11-23T10:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=158"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:21:28","slug":"how-uninstall-the-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/how-uninstall-the-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"How to uninstall or reinstall the extension in all 5 Great web browsers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#uninstall-turn-off-the-lights\">Uninstall Turn Off the Lights<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#1-for-google-chrome\">1. For Google Chrome<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#1-1-remove-chrome-extension\">1.1 Remove Chrome extension<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#1-2-remove-chrome-theme\">1.2 Remove Chrome theme<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#2-for-microsoft-edge\">2. For Microsoft Edge<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#2-1-remove-microsoft-edge-extension\">2.1 Remove Microsoft Edge extension<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#3-for-the-firefox-web-browser\">3. For the Firefox web browser<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#3-1-remove-firefox-extension\">3.1 Remove Firefox extension<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#4-for-the-opera-web-browser\">4. For the Opera web browser<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#4-1-remove-opera-extension\">4.1 Remove Opera extension<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#5-for-safari-web-browser-safari-14\">5. For Safari web browser (Safari 14)<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#5-1-remove-safari-extension\">5.1 Remove Safari extension<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#feedback\">Feedback<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#reinstall-browser-extension\">Reinstall Browser extension<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#you-tube-videos\">YouTube videos<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you looking at how to uninstall the Turn Off the Lights browser extension? Then you are on the correct page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn Off the Lights extension is free and open-source software. The&nbsp;extension will&nbsp;show you a gray lamp button&nbsp;in the toolbar of your browser. On that page, you as a user can dim the web page and highlight automatically the video player on that web page. To download this&nbsp;browser extension opens the official Turn Off the Lights website or the extension gallery of your web browser. Also, it is very simple to uninstall this extension by following the instruction here below for each web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"uninstall-turn-off-the-lights\">Uninstall Turn Off the Lights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-for-google-chrome\"><strong>1. For Google Chrome<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-1-remove-chrome-extension\">1.1 Remove Chrome extension<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to uninstall an extension to remove it completely from the browser. Follow the instruction steps here below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the Chrome menu&nbsp;<b>\u22ee<\/b>&nbsp;on the browser toolbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the menu item&nbsp;<strong>More Tools<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Extensions<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search the extension name you&#8217;d like to completely remove. And click on the &#8220;Remove&#8221; button to delete that specific extension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A confirmation dialog appears, and click <strong>Remove<\/strong> to confirm the uninstall of that Chrome extension<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also temporarily turn off an extension by <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/187443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disabling<\/a> it on the Extensions page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd35How to uninstall the Turn Off the Lights chrome extension? (Google Chrome web browser)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7EYKFOf89ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How to uninstall the Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-2-remove-chrome-theme\">1.2 Remove Chrome theme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you see no gray lamp button left from your address bar. Then you have possibly installed a dark or light Chrome theme, follow the steps here below on how to uninstall this theme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Chrome extensions page to uninstall a Chrome extension\" class=\"wp-image-5290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-2048x1024.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/browser-extension-doesnt-work-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chrome extensions page to uninstall a Chrome extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the Chrome menu&nbsp;<b>\u22ee<\/b>&nbsp;on the browser toolbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;menu item, and below the text&nbsp;<strong>Appearance<\/strong> you see the topic<strong>&nbsp;theme<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the gray button &#8220;Reset to default&nbsp;<span class=\"m_598593393824463085gmail-il\">theme<\/span>&#8221; to get back your default Chrome theme<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-for-microsoft-edge\">2. For Microsoft Edge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-1-remove-microsoft-edge-extension\">2.1 Remove Microsoft Edge extension<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you see no gray lamp button left from your address bar. Then you have possibly installed a dark or light Chrome theme, follow the steps here below on how to uninstall this theme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the Chrome menu&nbsp;<b>\u22ee<\/b>&nbsp;on the browser toolbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;menu item, and below the text&nbsp;<strong>Appearance<\/strong> you see the topic<strong>&nbsp;theme<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the gray button &#8220;Reset to default&nbsp;<span class=\"m_598593393824463085gmail-il\">theme<\/span>&#8221; to get back your default Chrome theme<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-for-the-firefox-web-browser\">3. For the Firefox web browser<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-1-remove-firefox-extension\">3.1 Remove Firefox extension<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"for\" data-for=\"fx29\">Click the menu button and choose <span class=\"button\">Add-ons<\/span>. The Add-ons Manager tab will open<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the <span class=\"menu\">Extensions or Appearance<\/span> panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the add-on you wish to remove<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <span class=\"button\">Remove<\/span> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Restart now<\/strong> if it pops up. Your tabs will be saved and restored after the restart<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-for-the-opera-web-browser\">4. For the Opera web browser<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-1-remove-opera-extension\">4.1 Remove Opera extension<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You can disable or uninstall extensions from within the extensions manager. From the menu, select <span class=\"path-menu\">Tools &gt; Extensions &gt; Manage Extensions<\/span>. Find the relevant extension, and click on &#8220;Disable&#8221; or &#8220;Uninstall&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-for-safari-web-browser-safari-14\">5. For Safari web browser (Safari 14)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-1-remove-safari-extension\">5.1 Remove Safari extension<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To uninstall a Safari extension you must only remove the app from your Mac computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the Launchpad, and click longer on the &#8220;Turn Off the Lights for Safari&#8221; icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The icon will wiggle, and it shows the small X icon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the X and confirm that you want to remove the Mac app <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feedback\">Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you uninstalled the Turn Off the Lights extension, please leave some feedback on what you do not like in this free extension. So your feedback will help us improve the quality of our products and information. We will take your feedback seriously and do what we can to satisfy our users and provide an enjoyable web experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reinstall-browser-extension\">Reinstall Browser extension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the official homepage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turn Off the Lights<\/a>&nbsp;browser extension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And click on the big blue download button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the center of your screen you see a new window, then click on the &#8220;install&#8221; button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"you-tube-videos\">YouTube videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd35What is a \u2018Chrome theme\u2019 and what is a \u2018Chrome extension\u2019? 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