Adding the Grammarly Extension to Google Chrome
Introduction
This comprehensive guide walks you through the step-by-step procedure to add the Grammarly extension to Google Chrome.
Open the Chrome browser and type chrome://extensions/ in the address bar, as illustrated in Figure 1 below.
![Figure 1: Chrome Extension Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-01.jpg)
You will see all the extensions installed in your Chrome browser, as illustrated in Figure 1 above.
To add a new extension, click the Chrome Web Store link, as illustrated in Figure 1 above. You will be redirected to the web store page by clicking the link, as shown in Figure 2 below.
![Figure 2: Chrome Web Store Dashboard Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-02.jpg)
Click the search icon and type ‘Grammarly’; you will find the extension in the dropdown list, as illustrated in Figure 3 below.
![Figure 3: Chrome Web Store Dashboard Search Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-03.jpg)
Click the first link, ‘Grammarly: Grammar Checker and AI Writing App’, as illustrated in Figure 3 above. You will be redirected to the ‘Grammarly’ extension dashboard page, as shown in Figure 4 below.
![Figure 4: Chrome Web Store Grammarly Extension Dashboard Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-04.jpg)
Click the Add to Chrome button, as illustrated in Figure 4 above, and a pop-up window will appear to grant the permission, as shown in Figure 5 below.
![Figure 5: Chrome Web Store Grammarly Extension Permission Pop-up Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-05.jpg)
Click the Add extension button, as illustrated in Figure 5 above, and Chrome will install the extension for you. Once installed, you will be redirected to the activation success page, as shown in Figure 6 below.
![Figure 6: Chrome Grammarly Extension Activation Success Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-06.jpg)
Click the Extension icon available on the browser bar, as illustrated in Figure 6 above, and the extensions dropdown menu will appear with all the installed extensions, as shown in Figure 7 below.
![Figure 7: Chrome Extension Pop-up Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-07.jpg)
Click the Pin icon from the pop-up dropdown to pin the extension to the Chrome bar. Once the extension is pinned to the browser, click the extension icon, as illustrated in Figure 8 below.
![Figure 8: Grammarly Extension Manage Pop-up Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-08.jpg)
Go to the document where you want to run Grammarly and reload the screen, as illustrated in Figure 9 below.
![Figure 9: Running Grammarly Extension Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-09.jpg)
Now, Grammarly will show the words with incorrect spellings, if any, with red squiggly lines under them and the suggestions with yellow squiggly lines, as illustrated in Figure 9 above. Grammarly shows the total number of errors, as illustrated in Figure 9 above. Click on the icon, and the suggestion screen will appear on the right side of the screen, as shown in Figure 10 below.
![Figure 10: Grammarly Extension Suggestion Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-10.jpg)
Once you correct all the critical errors, Grammarly will show No critical issues on the suggestion screen, as illustrated in Figure 11 below.
![Figure 11: Grammarly Extension Suggestion Screen](https://www.batoi.com/pub/assets/2023/12/12/grammarly-extension-chrome-11.jpg)
Conclusion
As you can see, installing the Grammarly browser extension to Google Chrome is incredibly simple and only takes a few clicks. You can also install this free Grammarly browser extension to Firefox, Edge, or Safari, the steps are nearly identical. This will help your writing be more grammatically correct.