Google has completed its long-planned phase-out of Manifest V2 by removing all remaining MV2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, including the popular ad blocker uBlock Origin. Extensions already installed on Chrome 138 or earlier will keep working but can no longer receive updates or be reinstalled once removed. Because the Chrome Web Store also serves other Chromium-based browsers, the removal affects users beyond Google Chrome itself.
webiterate.dev
· 2026-08-31
The uBlock Origin team has released version 1.74, which it says will be the last stable build available on the Chrome Web Store. Google plans to pull the extension from the store on August 31 as it finishes phasing out support for Manifest V2, the older extension platform uBlock Origin relies on. Chrome users searching the store are already seeing only the Manifest V3-based uBlock Origin Lite as a replacement.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-26
Google has fully retired Manifest V2 extension support in Chrome, closing the workarounds that let power-user ad blockers like uBlock Origin keep functioning. Google frames the move as a security and maintenance improvement, though critics see it as tightening control over what extensions can do. Users left without full ad-blocking now have a handful of options, including uBlock Lite, other Manifest V3-compliant extensions, switching browsers, or running external tools like AdGuard.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-24
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