1. Install Extensio
Get Extensio from the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons. It also works on Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, and any Chromium-based browser.
2. Know the popup
Click the Extensio icon to open the popup. At a glance:
- Header: shows how many extensions are enabled (e.g. 12/34), the profile selector, and the menu (Settings, Manage Rules, Changelog).
- Search bar: filters instantly by name, alias, or your private notes.
- Profile toolbar: the active profile's name plus Enable All / Disable All.
- Extension grid/list: click a card to toggle the extension on or off. The ⋮ menu holds details, options, rules, and uninstall. Switch between grid and list view in Settings.
3. Open the options page
The popup is built for quick actions. Everything heavier lives on a full-tab options page: right-click the Extensio icon and choose Options, click the gear icon in the popup, or pick any entry in the popup menu. A sidebar organizes it into sections: Extensions, Profiles & Schedules, Rules, Update Radar, History, Data, and Settings.
The Extensions section shows a table of every installed extension. Click a row (or its chevron) to expand an editor with the extension's details plus its Alias and Notes fields. Columns adapt to the window width (Notes and Version hide on narrow windows), so the table never scrolls sideways.
Popup and options page stay in sync live, so feel free to keep both open.
4. Create your first profile
A profile is a saved on/off state for all your extensions: think "Work", "Shopping", or "Web Dev". Switching profiles applies the whole set in one click.
- Open the profile selector in the header and choose Create Profile.
- Name it (e.g. Work), pick a color, and choose whether to start from your currently enabled extensions.
- Toggle extensions on or off while the profile is active: Extensio remembers the state per profile.
- Switch back to Default anytime to return to your manual setup.
Full details (including pinning extensions so they stay on in every profile) are in Profiles & Pinning.
5. Create your first site rule
Site rules automate a single decision: "on this website, this extension should be on (or off)." Classic examples: enable a coupon extension only on shopping sites, or disable a noisy extension on your banking site.
- Open the ⋮ menu on any extension card and choose Manage Rules (or use the ⚡ badge).
- Enter a URL pattern like
amazon.com: subdomains are matched automatically. - Pick the action: Enable on this site or Disable on this site.
- Save. Extensio's background engine now applies it whenever you browse: even with the popup closed.
Rules can do much more: multiple patterns, whole-profile targets, keep-vs-revert behavior, and automatic page refresh. See the full Site Rules guide.
6. Rename extensions & add notes
Open ⋮ → View Details on any extension, or expand its row in the options page's Extensions table:
- Alias: a custom name shown everywhere in Extensio (the real name stays in the tooltip). Turn "Tampermonkey BETA" into "Userscripts".
- Notes: a private note that never appears in the list but is found by search. Great for "installed for project X" reminders.
7. Make it yours
- Dark mode & language: Settings → Appearance. Extensio speaks 15 languages.
- Backup: Settings → Export Data saves your profiles, rules, aliases, and notes to a JSON file you can restore on any machine.
- Update Radar: Extensio watches your other extensions for silent updates and shows exactly which permissions changed. Look for the red dot.