Author: Brady Gavin / Source: How-To Geek

Google Chrome extensions that say “Installed by Enterprise Policy” do not let you uninstall them because they install with elevated permissions. If you’re part of an Enterprise or business, your administrator installed these. If you aren’t part of such an organization, here’s how to remove them.
What Does “Installed by Enterprise Policy” Mean?
When a Google Chrome extension says that it’s “Installed by Enterprise Policy,” “Installed by Your Administrator,” or “Managed by Your Organization,” all it means is that when the extension is installed, it was done so with elevated permissions and can’t be removed in the standard way. In most cases, anybody that’s part of an enterprise, business, school, workplace, etc., will have a system administrator who manages these types of settings and extensions on your machine.
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Unfortunately, if you aren’t part of an enterprise, or don’t have an administrator who manages your computer, these extensions can find other ways onto your system and grant themselves elevated status.
You see, sometimes when you download free software from the internet, it can come with an added piece of bonus software that isn’t adequately disclosed (or technically was but in a misleading TOS) when running the installer—this is commonly known as adware or malware. The unwanted software embeds itself into your list of browser extensions, and you don’t realize it until Chrome redirects to some shady looking website or pops up annoying ads.
These extensions leverage a Chrome policy that’s intended for system administrators but sometimes exploited by malware, which gives it immunity from being removed from your browser via Google Chrome’s extensions page. To remove an extension “Installed by Enterprise Policy,” you need to find and delete the policy that this harmful extension added.
If you suspect the extension to be malicious, the first order of operation should be to run antimalware software to see if it can search and destroy the problem automatically for you. Otherwise, continue below and follow the steps listed.
How to Remove an “Installed by Enterprise Policy” Extension
Extensions like this can often—but, unfortunately, not always—be removed by modifying the Windows registry. Here’s how.
First, fire up Chrome, type chrome://extensions
into the Omnibox, and then hit Enter.
At the top of the page, toggle the switch that reads “Developer Mode” to the “On” position. This lets you view a bit more information about each extension that we need for the steps below.

Scroll down until you find the extension added by policy—look for the one you can’t remove normally from the Extensions page. Highlight the extension’s ID, and hit Ctrl+C to copy it to your clipboard.

Extensions that are unable to uninstall often have the “Remove” button greyed out or missing entirely. So, be on the lookout for any extensions that prevent you from clicking the Remove button.
To remove an “Installed by Policy” Extension, you need to make a few edits in the Windows Registry.
Standard Warning: Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. This is a pretty simple registry edit, and as long as you stick to the instructions, you shouldn’t have any problems. That said, if you’ve never worked with it before, consider reading about how to use the Registry Editor before you get started. And definitely back up the Registry (and your computer!) before making changes.
Next, open the Registry Editor by hitting Start and typing “regedit.” Press Enter to open the Registry Editor and then permit it to make changes to your PC.

In the Registry Editor, click “Edit” and then click…
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