# Using several extensions at once

How RUIT works when you have the extension installed on several browsers or computers, and why each account stays tied to just one of them.

_Updated: 2026-08-14 · Source: https://ruit.es/en/docs/several-extensions-at-once/_

You can have the extension installed on **as many browsers and computers as you like**: there is no
limit. What matters in this article is the rule that governs everything else: **each marketplace
account stays tied to the extension it was connected from**, and RUIT does not go looking for it
anywhere else.

## How RUIT tells one install from another

Each install generates an identifier of its own the first time it starts, of the form `ext_`
followed by a long string. There is **one per browser profile**: two Chrome profiles on the same
computer are two different extensions as far as RUIT is concerned.

Under **Settings → Extensions** you will see them as separate cards, and you can **rename them**
with the pencil so you recognize them at a glance.

> **Tip:** Give them short, descriptive names, along the lines of "workshop laptop" or "home desktop". That is
> the name you are going to read when RUIT asks you which one to connect an account from.

## Choosing which extension an account connects from

If you only have one connected, RUIT uses it without asking. If you have **several connected at
once**, connecting an account brings up **Choose Extension**, listing each install and how long it
has been connected.

There is also a checkbox there, **Connect to ALL extensions**, which asks every one of your
browsers for the session at the same time.

> **Warning:** That checkbox is handy when you cannot remember which one has that account open, but **it does not
> share the account out among them**: the account still ends up tied to **one** install, the last one
> to get as far as syncing it.

## What happens when that account's browser is closed

That account stops working until you open it, **even if you have other extensions switched on**.
There is no sharing of work between installs: if an account is tied to your laptop and the laptop
is off, RUIT will not handle it from the home desktop. You will see the extension-not-connected
warning.

It is a deliberate decision, not a technical limitation: the alternative would be to use the
session in another browser, which is almost always somebody else's session, or another marketplace
account.

## Moving an account to another browser

Yes, and it takes care of itself: **connect that same account again from the new browser** and RUIT
moves it across instead of duplicating it. The account now depends on the extension you have just
synced from.

> **Warning:** Each install keeps **one active account per marketplace**: if you sync another Wallapop session
> from the same browser, the previous one is dropped.

## Deleting an extension you no longer use

### Deleting it by hand

It has to be **disconnected** first: while it is still online the delete button is greyed out and
RUIT asks you to disconnect it beforehand.

> **Warning:** When you delete it, **the marketplace accounts are not deleted**, but they are left with no browser
> assigned and stop syncing until you connect them again from another install.

### After a reinstall

The same thing happens if you **reinstall** the extension: the new install gets a brand-new
identifier, so it arrives as a new card and the old one sits there, empty, until you delete it.

If you need to go over the install again, it is in
[installing the extension](https://ruit.es/en/docs/install-the-extension/).

- [Install the extension](https://ruit.es/en/docs/install-the-extension/)