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GNOME Shell extensions are small snippets that expand the functionality and features of GNOME Shell. These snippets are written in JavaScript and CSS.

GNOME Shell extensions simply load arbitrary JavaScript and CSS. This gives developers a way to make many kinds of changes and share those changes with others, without having to patch the original source code and recompile it, and somehow distribute the patched code.

Available Extensions

There is a large collection of extensions at the GNOME Shell Extensions repository website. If you have a recent version of GNOME Shell (3.2), you should just be able to flip the switch on a compatible extension's page to turn it on.

For more information on installing and managing installed extensions, see this question: How do I install and manage GNOME Shell extensions?

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How do I install and manage GNOME Shell extensions?

How do I install GNOME Shell extensions? Is it possible to update, remove and manage the extensions?
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How do I disable 'Activities' hot corner in GNOME shell?

GNOME shell has the so-called feature "hot corner", that opens the dashboard if the mouse touches the top-left corner of a monitor screen. I want this disabled I used to have a GNOME shell extension, yet the repository is not found anymore: git…
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Why is Shell theme disabled in Gnome Tweak Tool?

In Gnome Tweak Tool, I'm unable to change the Shell theme: Hovering over the exclamation mark shows the following tool-tip: Shell user-theme extension not enabled. I'm using Ubuntu 14.10, and have installed gnome-shell-extensions.
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Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected

On a fresh install of 18.10 I attempted to install CPU usage widget https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/ on that link it errors showing : Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not…
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How can I get rid of the Ubuntu Dock?

The big dock on the left. In other versions you could escape Unity Launcher by going to GNOME, what now? GNOME tweaks is not showing it as an extension, even though it looks a lot like Dash to Dock. I see autohide options in settings, but no way…
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How to hide top bar in Ubuntu 18.04?

How can I hide top bar in Gnome 3.28 Ubuntu 18.04? How can the hide-top-bar extension be installed?
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How to activate/deactivate a gnome-shell extension from command line

Let's say I have successully installed my set of gnome-shell extensions. But I want to deactivate/unactivate from the command line. This is only possible via mouse action, AFAIK. How can I do that ?
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How to get more information about "Error loading extension"?

How do I get more information why a specific extension is not working and showing me "Error loading extension" when trying to enable it?
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Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6

When I try to download extensions on https://extensions.gnome.org/, this message appears: Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6. Probably you should upgrade native host connector or install plugins for missing APIs. Refer…
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"Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected" error in 22.04

I upgraded my system from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS and I'm now facing this error on the GNOME Shell extensions webpage: This was solved in previous versions, and I have tried these solutions: Although GNOME Shell integration extension is…
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How do I move the "Show Applications" icon in Ubuntu Dock?

Ubuntu 17.10 introduces the GNOME Shell with the Ubuntu Dock (based on Dash to Dock GNOME Shell extension) and it allows you to put the Dock on the bottom of the desktop: However, there is no easy way to move the Show Applications icon (shown on…
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How can I add "Show desktop" to the GNOME dash or Ubuntu Dock?

I am migrating from Unity to GNOME. One item I am missing is a "Show desktop" button (aka "minimise all windows") in the dash. How can I add this functionality to the GNOME dash (or Ubuntu dock in Ubuntu 17.10 and later), even if it means making a…
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How to completely remove a gnome shell extension?

I'm running gnome-shell 3.4.1 under Ubuntu 12.04. I've been trying out various extensions from http://extensions.gnome.org and now I want to completely remove some, expecially so as they don't take up space in Gnome Tweak Tool. Is it safe to just…
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Can I have rectangular grid workspace in Ubuntu 18.04?

Problem description I really like the 2 by 2 workspaces in Ubuntu 16.04. But it seems I can only shift workspace up and down. Is there a way to achieve this? What I have tried Tried the GNOME extension called Workspace Grid (suggested here: Can I…
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Extensions are turned off after reboot

I am running Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 with Gnome 3.10. My problem is that every time I reboot the OS all the shell extensions are turned off. The weird thing is that their settings are kept. They are just turned off and I have to re-enable them every…
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