Get information about installed add-ons.
With the management API you can:
- get information about installed add-ons
- enable/disable add-ons
- uninstall add-ons
- find out which permission warnings are given for particular add-ons or manifests
- get notifications of add-ons being installed, uninstalled, enabled, or disabled.
Most of these operations require the "management" API permission. Operations that don't provide access to other add-ons don't require this permission.
Types
management.ExtensionInfo- An object that contains information about an installed add-on.
Functions
management.getAll()- Returns information about all installed add-ons.
management.get()- Returns information about a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getSelf()- Returns information about the calling add-on.
management.install()- Installs a particular theme, given its URL at addons.mozilla.org.
management.uninstall()- Uninstalls a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.uninstallSelf()- Uninstalls the calling add-on.
management.getPermissionWarningsById()- Get the set of permission warnings for a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getPermissionWarningsByManifest()- Get the set of permission warnings that would be displayed for the given manifest string.
management.setEnabled()- Enable/disable a particular add-on, given its ID.
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Events
management.onInstalled- Fired when an add-on is installed.
management.onUninstalled- Fired when an add-on is uninstalled.
management.onEnabled- Fired when an add-on is enabled.
management.onDisabled- Fired when an add-on is disabled.
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ExtensionInfo | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 51 | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android Full support 51 |
get | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 56 | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android Full support 56 |
getAll | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
55
| Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
55
|
getPermissionWarningsById | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
getPermissionWarningsByManifest | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
getSelf | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 51 | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | Firefox Android Full support 51 |
install | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
63
| Opera No support No | Safari No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
63
|
onDisabled | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
onEnabled | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
onInstalled | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
onUninstalled | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
setEnabled | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
55
| Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
55
|
uninstall | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
uninstallSelf | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 51 | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | Firefox Android Full support 51 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
Example extensions
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management API. This documentation is derived from management.json in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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