

As an example, this would be the setting for the popular AdBlock extension (no quotes): You will need to enable the policy and configure the Extension IDs and update URLs**(see below for more help finding extension IDs and update URLs) for the extensions that you wish to be silently installed. The gpo you’re looking for is located here: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Classic Administrative Templates (ADM)/Google/Google Chrome/Extensions/Configure the list of force-installed extensions. You will then create a GPO (or modify local group policy for a machine). If you’re in an Active Directory domain, the easiest method is to deploy your extensions via a GPO using the adm/admx templates that Google provides ( link - Expand Windows and Linux section to see download direct download link here) They are able to remove them if you choose to deploy via the registry or the master_preferences file. Plus, when you use Active Directory to manage these extensions, the end user is unable to remove said extensions from Chrome. The easiest way to manage this is probably via Active Directory and GPO since you’ll be able to easily manage who gets which extensions based off groups/OUs/etc.

There are a handful of ways that Google Chrome allows you to configure extensions outside of the web store: using Active Directory GPO's, registry modification, or using a master_preferences file as a template.
