Manually  Install Smuuvr

1. Download Smuuvr 

– Click the download link above on this page, download it.
– Save it to a folder on your computer that you can locate easily.

2.  Open Chrome Extensions & Turn On Developer Mode

– Click “Manage Extensions” from your chrome extensions menu (puzzle piece icon)
(Or in your Chrome address bar go to this URL: chrome://extensions)
– Click the “Developer Mode” switch in the top right corner to turn on developer mode.

3. Load the Smuuvr Extension

There’s 2 ways you can do this:

1) Drag & Drop the Smuuvr zip file into the extensions page
or
2) Click the “Load Unpacked” button on the Chrome extensions page
– Unzip the Smuuvr zip file first so that you can select the unzipped folder

Once you’ve loaded the extension:
– You can Switch it “on” or “off” at any time from this screen.

4.  Pin the Extension Icon for Quick Smuuvr Menu Access

1) Click on the Extensions icon in your browser top bar next to the address bar (puzzle piece icon)

2) Find Smuuvr in that list, and click the little thumb tac icon to pin the extension quick menu.  

This will make it easy & quick to:

• Enable/Disable Smuuvr on any website where you don’t want it auto-running
  • Smuuvr will remember your choice to disable in your Smuuvr settings blacklist, which can be found and edited in the Smuuvr options page at the bottom.
• Skip a Video Ad
  • If it didn’t automatically skip a video ad already, you can manually click skip from this quick menu and it will skip the current video/ad.
  • Go Video-Only Mode
• Show/Hide the Smuuvr Toolbar
• Open the Smuuvr Options page or the Version Checker page

5.  Save Smuuvr Settings 1 Time

The Smuuvr extension has a settings page where every feature can be enabled or disabled.

– Click the Smuuvr icon and click “Smuuvr Options”
(Or, you can also click the 3-dots menu and click “options” to get to the same Smuuvr settings page)
– Click the Save Settings button at the top of the page
(Feel free to change any settings you want while you’re in there)

Note: If you don’t do this, Smuuvr should use default settings where most things are enabled by default.
This is not required as of version 1.19.0+, but versions older than that may need this step to work at all. 

6.  Enable for Use with Incognito Mode (optional)

– As with any extension in Chrome, to use it in Incognito mode, you have to enable it for Incognito Mode.
– See full instructions below for this part.