Extensity Review — Enable and Disable Chrome Extensions With One Click
Extensity is a simple tool that lets you enable and disable Chrome extensions instantly from a popup. Instead of having all your extensions active all the time — slowing Chrome and creating unnecessary security exposure — you switch them on only when you need them. It is particularly useful once you have more than eight or ten extensions installed and start noticing Chrome's performance degrading.
Install on Chrome Web Store →Key Features
Extensity shows all your installed Chrome extensions in a popup with simple toggles. Enabling or disabling any extension takes one click — significantly faster than navigating to Chrome's extensions management page for each one.
Extension profiles let you create named groups — 'Research Mode', 'Writing Mode', 'YouTube Mode' — with different sets of extensions enabled for each. Switching between profiles activates the right tools for the task without individually toggling each extension.
Keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to toggle specific extensions or switch profiles without opening the Extensity popup. For creators who frequently switch contexts, this removes even the popup interaction.
Extensity provides a clear view of which extensions are currently active, which are disabled, and how many you have installed in total. Keeping this visible makes managing extension overhead more deliberate.
Who Is It For
Creators with eight or more extensions installed will see the clearest benefit — each active extension consumes memory and processing power, and having ten active simultaneously when you only need two or three creates real performance cost. Extensity makes managing this practical instead of tedious.
If you have four or fewer extensions, the overhead is minimal and Extensity adds management complexity without proportional benefit. The Chrome extensions management page is sufficient for occasional individual toggles.
Pros and Cons
- ✅ Completely free with no limitations
- ✅ Extension profiles make context switching instant
- ✅ Reduces Chrome memory usage by keeping only necessary extensions active
- ❌ Profiles don't sync across devices — you rebuild them on each installation
- ❌ No scheduling features — profiles switch manually only
Pricing
Extensity is completely free. There is no paid version and no feature limitations. The developer maintains it as a free utility.
Summary
Worth installing if you have a significant number of Chrome extensions and care about browser performance. The profile feature is genuinely useful for creators who move between research, writing, and YouTube work with different tool requirements. For creators with only a few extensions, the benefit is less clear.