How to Download and Install Safari Extensions

Installing Safari extensions is an easy process. You can find a selection within Safari itself.

How to Use a Safari Extension

How you use a Safari extension depends on its functionality, but some elements are common to all of them. Generally speaking, you access and use an extension by clicking its icon on your Safari Toolbar. Once you do that, it runs an automated process or opens a menu to let you set preferences or select actions. For example, the Grammarly extension runs automatically while you write, but you can open the menu to turn it off or on for a website.

How to Manage or Delete Safari Extensions

Once you start loading extensions for your Safari browser, you’re probably going to want to manage their use or uninstall the extensions you don’t like or just never use.

What Are Safari Extensions?

You’ll also find that most social media sites have Safari extensions that make posting to your favorite social site as simple as clicking a button in the Safari toolbar. 

Where to Find More Safari Extensions

The App Store isn’t the only place to download Safari extensions; it’s just the easiest. You can also find them on other sites with a quick internet search. Safari extensions are generally safe to install. Apple requires all extensions to run within the basic tools it provides in the Safari extension environment. You don’t necessarily have to worry that one you download outside of the App Store will wreck your computer but make sure you trust the developer before you install anything they made.