In the past Plucky fully supported Chrome, but in July 2025 the Chrome team broke support for MV2 extensions – including Plucky.

Plucky users that strongly desire to keep using Chrome can do so if they install Chrome v138 and never upgrade it. 138 was the last version of Chrome to support Plucky and MV2 extensions in general.

How to install legacy Chrome

  1. Make sure you are importing block-chrome-brave-and-vivaldi-updates so Chrome never updates on its own and breaks.

  2. Download Chrome 138. You can get it at <[here](>https://r.pluckeye.net/chrome>. If you need to download for another platform, you can use the links below:

  1. Uninstall your current version of Chrome and delete the user data folder – Chrome will refuse to launch if it detects user files from a newer version while trying to use a legacy version. You can sync before uninstalling to avoid losing personal data.

  2. Install Chrome 138 and resume Plucking like a happy soul.

For Linux users

Uninstall Chrome from your system and re-install it as a local package file.

sudo pacman -U /path/to/package # Arch
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package   # Debian/Ubuntu

Simply drag and drop the .deb / .zst file in your Downloads directory onto the terminal window to autofill in the path.

Don’t forget to remove the user data directory to avoid conflicts.

Troubleshooting

If Plucky icon isn’t visible after installing Chrome 138

  • Make sure it’s not simply hidden by visiting chrome://extensions
  • If you have feature:nochrome configured, remove it
  • If you don’t have feature:okchrome configured, add it
  • Temporarily add allow port 443 to your config, run the Plucky installer on top of your existing installation, and relaunch Chrome.

Install a supported browser

Don’t rely on a legacy browser as your only way to access the web. Install a properly supported browser as well in case things go awry.

Questions from users

  1. How can I avoid the notification on every browser start?

    If you click on the URL in the notification (that goes to this very page!), it should not appear again.

  2. If Plucky is removed from Chrome, does that mean that Chrome will suddenly be unfiltered?

    No. If the system feature is enabled, Chrome 139+ will be blocked when Plucky is removed.

Last updated: 2026-08-06