# The brave extension only starts working again when I turn it off and on

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows, bug, browser\
**Created:** [July 18, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697 "2025-07-18T11:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pierrerm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@pierrerm](https://community.brave.app/u/pierrerm)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697/1 "2025-07-18T11:40:42Z")

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I just formatted my computer, and whenever I close Brave for some reason, when I open it it seems that some extensions are not working, so I have to go to each one of them and manually turn it off and on to solve the problem, does anyone have any idea how to stop this? Im using the latest version of it on windows 11.

O Brave está atualizado

[Brave 1.80.122 (Versão oficial) 64 bits](https://brave.com/latest/)

Chromium: 138.0.7204.157

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**Author:** ![Evan123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/evan123/32/134423_2.png) [@Evan123](https://community.brave.app/u/Evan123)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697/2 "2025-07-18T13:45:44Z")

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Does it happen to the same extensions every time? Have you tried reinstalling those extensions?

Do you have many extensions installed?

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**Author:** ![pierrerm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@pierrerm](https://community.brave.app/u/pierrerm)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697/3 "2025-07-18T13:50:26Z")

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As far i noticed its happening with lightshot and adblock ultimate or safe guard

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**Author:** ![Evan123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/evan123/32/134423_2.png) [@Evan123](https://community.brave.app/u/Evan123)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697/4 "2025-07-18T14:02:14Z")

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I would suggest disabling those three extensions one by one and relaunch after each disabled extension to confirm one of them is not the culprit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/the-brave-extension-only-starts-working-again-when-i-turn-it-off-and-on/633697/5 "2025-08-17T14:02:29Z")

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