Feed Fabrik support

Feed Fabrik looks for feed links on each page you open. If it finds none:

1. Reload the page. Tabs that were already open when you installed the extension only pick it up after a reload.
2. Check that Feed Fabrik is switched on at chrome://extensions.
3. Some sites hide their feed links. Open Settings from the popup and set Feed Detection Mode to Thorough. Feed Fabrik then also reads the page’s original source to find them. This uses a bit more data.
4. If you know the feed address, add it yourself with Add Feed in the popup.

Chrome does not let extensions run on its own pages, such as chrome:// addresses and the Chrome Web Store, so nothing is detected there.

Make sure the address points to the RSS or Atom feed itself, not to the website’s home page. Open it in a tab first: you should see the feed, not a login page or an error. Some sites block feed readers or keep their feed behind a login, and those feeds cannot be added.

Feeds are checked in the background. In Settings, under Feed Update Settings, you can choose how often with Default Update Interval and turn on Update feeds on startup. Keep in mind that a feed only shows new articles once the publisher adds them to it.

Turn on Enable browser notifications in Settings and allow the permission when Chrome asks. If they still don’t appear, check that your computer’s notification settings allow Chrome to show notifications.

Yes. Click Import Feeds in the popup to import an OPML file or paste feed addresses. Most feed readers can export OPML.

Open Settings, go to Import & Export and click Export OPML. You get a file with all your feeds that you can import again later, in Feed Fabrik or in another reader.

No. There is no account or login. Your feeds, collections and reading state are stored in your browser.

Nothing about your feeds, articles or the sites you visit: there are no usage analytics. We only receive one anonymous count when you install it, and a page view if you uninstall it. The privacy policy has the details.

Right-click the Feed Fabrik icon in Chrome’s toolbar (or in the puzzle piece menu) and choose Remove from Chrome. You can also remove it at chrome://extensions. Chrome then opens a short goodbye page on our site.

Your feeds and reading state are removed together with the extension. If you might come back, use Export OPML in Settings first to keep a copy of your feeds.