management

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

• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.ExtensionInfo")}}
  • : An object that contains information about an installed add-on.

Functions

• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.getAll()")}}
  • : Returns information about all installed add-ons.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.get()")}}
  • : Returns information about a particular add-on, given its ID.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.getSelf()")}}
  • : Returns information about the calling add-on.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.install()")}}
  • : Installs a particular theme, given its URL at addons.mozilla.org.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.uninstall()")}}
  • : Uninstalls a particular add-on, given its ID.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.uninstallSelf()")}}
  • : Uninstalls the calling add-on.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.getPermissionWarningsById()")}}
  • : Get the set of permission warnings for a particular add-on, given its ID.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.getPermissionWarningsByManifest()")}}
  • : Get the set of permission warnings that would be displayed for the given manifest string.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.setEnabled()")}}
  • : Enable/disable a particular add-on, given its ID.

Events

• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.onInstalled")}}
  • : Fired when an add-on is installed.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.onUninstalled")}}
  • : Fired when an add-on is uninstalled.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.onEnabled")}}
  • : Fired when an add-on is enabled.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("management.onDisabled")}}
  • : Fired when an add-on is disabled.

{{WebExtExamples("h2")}}

Browser compatibility

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[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management API. This documentation is derived from management.json in the Chromium code.

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