How to Manually Update the MetaMask Browser Extension

Occasionally, manual updates are required to keep MetaMask running properly within your browser. Despite attempts to run automatic updates, they don’t initiate and users are required to move through the update process themselves.

Chrome

This is how you manually update your Chrome MetaMask extension…

1.Open the Google Chrome application.

2. Type chrome://extensions into the address bar OR go to the hamburger icon in the top-right corner, click Settings, and then click Extensions on the left sidebar.

3. Toggle Developer Mode in the top right corner.

4. Click Update extensions now under developer mode.

This process will manually update all of your Chrome extensions to the latest available version.

Firefox

This is how you manually update your MetaMask extension in Firefox...

1.Click the hamburger menu icon in the top right corner, click Add-ons and Themes, then click Extensions

2.Click the gear icon in the upper-right of the Extensions panel.

3.Choose one of the following options.

3.1 Check for Updates: Manually check for extension updates if available

3.2 View Recent Updates: This panel displays all of your recently updated extensions

3.3 Update Add-ons Automatically: This option keeps your extensions updated automatically.

3.4 Reset All Add-ons to Update Automatically: This resets all extensions to update automatically instead of manually.