LTBEEF (Literally the Best Exploit Ever Found) is a bookmarklet-based tool designed to disable admin-enforced extensions on Chrome and ChromeOS, primarily used on school-issued Chromebooks. While patched in Chrome v106, the "ext-remover" project documents ongoing variations, including LTMEAT and Dextensify, that continue to bypass newer security policies. For detailed community discussions and technical workarounds, visit the ext-remover GitHub discussions Chrome Exploit Allow Attackers Disable Browser Extensions 29 Nov 2022 —
What It Does Well:
In under 30 seconds, it sniffed out 2.3 GB of “extra beef” from my project folder—orphaned extensions, duplicate assets, vestigial configs, and even a few nested node_modules that had achieved sentience. The log output is weirdly poetic: “Removed ltbeef in 14 files… the silence is cleaner now.” ext-remover ltbeef
The GUI: When activated, it generates a list of all installed extensions with toggles to turn them on or off, bypassing the standard "Blocked by policy" restrictions. LTBEEF (Literally the Best Exploit Ever Found) is
| Feature | Windows Default | CCleaner | EXT-Remover LTBEEF | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Registry Purge | No | Partial | Full (Deep scan) | | Extension Force List | No | No | Yes (LTBEEF Module) | | Boot-Time Deletion | No | No | Yes | | Process Hollowing Detection | No | No | Yes | | Wildcard Removal (Partial names) | No | Yes | Yes (Regex support) | The log output is weirdly poetic: “Removed ltbeef
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