Can I hide my extension's icon by default?

Question

My Chrome extension doesn't need an icon - it's a one-liner extension that doesn't want to take up space on your extension bar.

How can I hide the icon by default?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13040955/can-i-hide-my-extensions-icon-by-default

Answer 1

If you don't want an icon, you can omit the browser_action parameter from your manifest.json (the default_icon option is where you usually specify the icon). The browser_action section is what controls what you see in the toolbar.