{"id":52323,"date":"2026-11-09T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=52323"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:30:25","slug":"extension-manager-0-7-0-launch-settings-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/extension-manager-0-7-0-launch-settings-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Manager 0.7.0 Can Search &#038; Launch Settings from GNOME Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-39602\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/extensionsmanager-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Extension Manager, the popular app for installing and managing GNOME Shell extensions, released new 0.7.0 version a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of this graphical application adds <b>batch operation support for user installed extensions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By clicking on the new &#8220;check mark in a circle icon&#8221;, you can select multiple installed extensions and remove them at once.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52324\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52324\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52324\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-batchuninstall-700x438.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-batchuninstall-700x438.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-batchuninstall-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-batchuninstall-768x481.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-batchuninstall.webp 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extension Manager remove several extensions at once<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The arrow icon in the right side of each extension, does no longer expand to show description along with See Details and Remove options.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, clicking on it goes directly to the extension details page. And, <b>the Details page has been redesigned<\/b> with toggle options to turn on\/off, remove extension, and open preferences dialog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52325\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-godetails-700x456.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-godetails-700x456.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-godetails-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-godetails-768x501.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-godetails.webp 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Version row&#8221; in extension details now is clickable. It pops up a dialog, <b>shows the extension version history<\/b>, along with release dates and all supported GNOME version.<\/p>\n<p>And, advanced users who want to modify the extension, can click the new &#8220;Location&#8221; row to quickly open the extension folder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52326\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history-700x388.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history-700x388.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history-768x425.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/extension-history.webp 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After enabled the <b>Search permission<\/b> in GNOME Control Center (System Settings) -&gt; Apps, user can now search installed extensions from GNOME Overview.<\/p>\n<p>Then, click on the overview search result to open the extension preferences dialog quickly, without launching the Extension Manager app first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52327\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/searchlaunch-extensionprefs-700x194.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/searchlaunch-extensionprefs-700x194.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/searchlaunch-extensionprefs-300x83.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/searchlaunch-extensionprefs-768x213.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/searchlaunch-extensionprefs.webp 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For searching and browsing extensions, the <b>Show Unsupported<\/b> hamburger menu option has been added back, allowing to show or hide all the extensions that do not support your GNOME version.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52328\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-showsupport-700x513.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-showsupport-700x513.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-showsupport-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-showsupport-768x563.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/em-showsupport.webp 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in the new Extension Manager 0.7.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One click to copy the path to system extensions.<\/li>\n<li>Animated screenshots support.<\/li>\n<li>Detect when GNOME Shell is not running.<\/li>\n<li>Faster loading thanks to response and image caching.<\/li>\n<li>New translations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mjakeman\/extension-manager\/releases\/tag\/v0.7.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Install Extension Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Extension Manager is available in the repositories of most popular Linux distributions, but may be outdated.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest version, it&#8217;s available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> that runs in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<p>And, Debian\/Ubuntu based distributions can run the 3 commands below one by one to get it:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<pre>flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<pre>flatpak install flathub com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager<\/pre>\n<p>If this is the first Flatpak package installed in your system, then log out and back in to apply environment variable changes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extension Manager, the popular app for installing and managing GNOME Shell extensions, released new 0.7.0 version a few days ago. 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