Troubleshoot - Google Add-ons Not Working for your Google Account

If your Google Add-ons are not working as expected or if you are unable to install Google Docs add-ons from the Chrome store, it is likely that your Google Apps admin has disabled the setting that allows domain users to use add-ons.

Google Apps Add-ons

Here’s how they can enable add-ons for your Google Account from the Google Apps admin dashboard.

Step 1 - Login to your Google Apps admin console at admin.google.com

Step 2 - Go to Apps -> Google Apps -> Drive and make sure the status is “ON” for everyone.

Step 3 - Go to Apps -> Google Apps -> Settings for Google Drive -> Data Access and enable the following settings.

  • Drive SDK (Allow users to install Google Drive apps) Google Drive apps allow users to open their files in web apps installed from the Chrome Web Store.
  • Add-Ons (Allow users to install Google Docs add-ons from add-ons store) Docs add-ons allow users to use Docs features built by other developers.

The Admin console setting for add-ons controls Docs, Sheets, and Forms; there are not separate settings for each document type.

Amit Agarwal is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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