Scratch has been one of the most kid-friendly coding platforms for nearly two decades.

This is not only a platform but also a fun programming language that makes coding more appealing to children.

Scratch has several features in its platform, including extensions, which are simply block categories that can be added to the Block Palette and expand the scope of the Scratch editor.

While adding an extension in Scratch is fairly easy and so is deleting it, but, before we get to learn the process of deleting extensions in Scratch.

Let’s quickly see what are extensions in Scratch? 

What are extensions in Scratch?

Extensions are java-script functions or categories of code blocks in Scratch that help to make your project more rich and enjoyable.

You can add various extensions to the Block Palette, increasing the number of code blocks available to you.

You can use them for a variety of purposes, including text-to-speech, translator, etc. These extensions can be integrated directly into your project.

Here’s a look at some of the extensions we have in Scratch:

Now that you know what extensions are, let’s look at how to incorporate them into our project:

Adding an extension in Scratch

To add an extension in Scratch, click the blue icon under the block categories in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

This will open the Extensions Library, from here, you can select the desired extension. After the selection, the newly added extension will appear in the block categories.

• Step 1: Open a project in Scratch 
• Step 2: Click on the blue icon under block categories
• Step 3: You are now in the extensions library, select the desired extension from here

Let’s look at how to delete an extension in Scratch now.

Deleting an extension in Scratch

As mentioned earlier deleting an extension in Scratch is a process but a fairly simple one.

There are numerous ways to delete an Extension in Scratch, but we will focus on the simplest method because, as we all know, coders always consider the shortest or smartest path.

So, here’s the most efficient way to remove an extension from Scratch:

So the most simple and efficient way to delete an extension in Scratch is by deleting all the blocks related to that extension from the project.

Confused?

We have it simplified here for you through some steps,

• Step 1: Add an extension to your Scratch, ex: text to speech extension
• Step 2: Use the extension in your project

You’ve suddenly realized that this isn’t the right extension to add.

• Step 3: Delete all the blocks of that extension from your project.
• Step 4: Refresh the page

After you refresh the page, the extension category will be deleted from your Block Palette. 

Conclusion

Scratch programming language and the platform, lets a coder create games and apps by connecting blocks together. These blocks are already assigned a code.

These blocks are categorized into what is called an extension. Not all these extensions may be available to you when you first start Scratch but you can add them from the extensions library.

This blog talked about adding extensions in Scratch as well as deleting extensions in Scratch.

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