Live Wallpapers for Chrome, Free (The Full A to Z Setup)
This is the full A to Z from the video. Two free extensions, no account, no payment, about two minutes total. You get animated live wallpapers on every new Chrome tab, and an ad blocker so the wallpaper marketplace does not spray ads at you while you browse it.
Step 1: Install the ad blocker first
Do this one first so the wallpaper site is clean when you get there.
Install uBlock Origin Lite from the Chrome Web Store, then hit Add to Chrome.
What it actually is: the modern, lightweight version of the most trusted open source ad blocker on the planet. It runs on Chrome's newer extension system (Manifest V3), uses barely any memory, and blocks ads, trackers and popups everywhere, including the wallpaper marketplace you are about to visit. Free, no account, open source.
Step 2: Install Wallsflow
Install Wallsflow from the Chrome Web Store and hit Add to Chrome.
Now open a new tab. Chrome will ask if you want to keep the new tab page the extension is setting. Press Keep it. That is Chrome's standard confirmation whenever an extension takes over the new tab page, it is not a warning, it just wants your ok.
Step 3: Download free wallpapers
On your new tab, look at the bottom right corner and click the arrow. Press Download More Wallpapers.
You get taken to the free wallpaper marketplace. Anime scenes, cyberpunk cities, rain on glass, minimal loops, there are thousands. Click the one you want and press Download. It saves as a regular file.
With uBlock Origin Lite from Step 1 enabled, the marketplace stays clean while you browse it.
Step 4: Upload and activate
Open a new tab again, click that same bottom right arrow, and press Upload Wallpaper. Pick the file you just downloaded.
Boom. Every new tab is now a live moving wallpaper. Swap it any time from the same menu, you can build a little collection and rotate.
Good to know
- Performance: live wallpapers are animated, so they use a bit of GPU while a new tab is open. On any halfway modern machine you will not feel it, but if your laptop is a potato, pick a calmer loop.
- Both extensions are actually free. No trial, no unlock, no account. If something asks you to pay, you are on the wrong page, use the links above.
- Works on Chromium browsers too. Edge, Brave and Opera can install both from the same Chrome Web Store links.
- To undo everything: right click the extension icon, remove from Chrome, and your new tab goes back to stock.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Install, marketplace downloads and uploads are all free, no account needed. Same for uBlock Origin Lite, which is open source.
It uses a little GPU while a new tab is visible, and nothing when you are on a normal website. Modern laptops and desktops will not notice. If you are on very old hardware, choose a slower, darker loop, they cost less to render.
Chrome's newer extension system (Manifest V3) phased out the APIs the classic version relied on. Lite is the same team's rebuild for it, much lighter on memory and it covers the ads you will actually hit, including the wallpaper marketplace.
Yes. Both are Chromium browsers and install extensions straight from the Chrome Web Store links above. The new tab flow is the same.
Right click the Wallsflow icon next to your address bar and choose remove from Chrome. Your new tab instantly returns to stock. Nothing else on your browser is touched.