index.md

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title: runtime.reload()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/reload
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - reload
  - runtime
browser-compat: webextensions.api.runtime.reload

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

Reloads the extension.

If there are any pending updates for the extension, that it has deferred by listening to {{WebExtAPIRef("runtime.onUpdateAvailable")}}, then they will be applied on reload.

Syntax

browser.runtime.reload()

Parameters

None.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Examples

Reload the extension when the user clicks a browser action's icon:

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  browser.runtime.reload();
});

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.