# Managing applications
Your Nexthink Lead can identify the scope of applications that require configuration for your organization. Nexthink Leads are best positioned to play a product ambassador role and get application owners appropriately engaged in the process, maximizing the value received from Applications.
## Accessing the Manage applications page
From the navigation menu, select **Applications** > **Manage applications** to open the administration page for all existing applications.
## Managing applications
The **Applications** > **Manage applications** page contains:
* The [Applications tab](#managingapplications-applicationstab) to list and manage configured applications.
* The [Settings tabs ](#managingapplications-browserextension)to customize privacy and Nexthink browser extension configurations for for monitored applications.
### Managing configured applications
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Refer to [configuring-applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/configuring-applications "mention") to set up new applications or edit existing application settings.
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The **Applications** tab on the **Manage Applications** page displays all configured applications for Nexthink monitoring, including application-specific fields: **URL patterns**, **Binaries**, and **Network rules**.
From the **Manage applications** > **Applications** tab, you can:
* Search and filter all configured applications.
* Click on an application hyperlink from the **Applications** table to access and/or edit its [configuration](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/configuring-applications).
* Hover over an existing application to reveal the action menu on the right side to:
* **View application** [dashboards](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications)
* **Share application**
* Sharing an application allows selected user roles to view and edit the application in the Applications menu. This setting does not affect data users can access through NQL.
* To share applications you must have 'Edit all applications' [permissions](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/getting-started-with-applications#gettingstartedwithremoteactions-whatarethepermissionsrequiredtouseremoteactions).
* **Duplicate application**
* **Export application**
* **Delete application**
* **Import** a new application configuration in a JSON file format—from the top-right corner of the page.
* Create a **New application** to set up its [monitoring configurations](#managingapplications-configuringapplications)—from the top-right corner of the page.
#### Applications installed from Library
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Applications installed from Library also appear on the **Manage applications** page. To make them operational, update the URL patterns of these Library application configurations.
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Nexthink offers a set of applications you can manually install from Nexthink Library. Go to the Nexthink Library module within your Nexthink instance to install, manage, and update predefined applications.
Refer to the [Nexthink Library](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/nexthink-library) documentation for more information.
### Customizing privacy and Nexthink browser extension settings for monitored apps
The **Settings** tab on the **Manage Applications** page allows you to:
* Enable [data collection for web applications](#managingapplications-collectusagetimeforwebapplications)
* Customize the [Nexthink browser extension messaging ](#managingapplications-browserextension)visible to employees.
#### Collecting usage time for web applications
Usage time refers to the time employees spend using a web application. It measures the duration when a browser tab is running the application and has the focus. This is the default option and applies to all applications.
From the **Manage Applications > Settings** tab, disable the default monitoring of **Web usage time** to:
* Stop data collection at the endpoint.
* Remove the **Adoption** dashboard from all monitored applications.
#### Customizing Nexthink browser extension visible messaging for configured applications
Customize the messages employees see when they click on the Nexthink browser extension.
From the **Manage Applications > Settings** tab, customize the **Browser extension** message fields:
* **Enable state - message**: this is the message an employee sees when they are visiting a site that is monitored by the browser extension.
* **Disable state - message**: this is the message an employee sees when visiting a site that is not monitored by the extension.
* **About - message**: this message appears when an employee clicks on the information icon. It contains information about the browser extension and is followed by a list of business web applications that are being monitored.
