Is VidCatch - HD Video Downloader & Saver safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history
• Manage your downloads
• Block content on any page

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

How usual this is for its category

In Lifestyle · Entertainment, 13% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 3% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 18% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

76 users

• Last updated in the store 9 days ago, on 2026-09-25.
• We have seen 1 new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-09-25Asked for fewer permissions (12, was 16)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-25Version 3.1.3 · Asked for fewer permissions (12, was 16)

Who publishes it

TreeBird, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-07-31 and was last updated on 2026-09-25.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. VidLoad Access to every site · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 21 users ★ 5.0
2. VideoFetch Access to every site · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 55 users
3. Video Download AI+ Access to every site · 6 permissions, 1 site pattern 523 users ★ 4.2

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can VidCatch - HD Video Downloader & Saver access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does VidCatch - HD Video Downloader & Saver collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has VidCatch - HD Video Downloader & Saver asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-25.

Does VidCatch - HD Video Downloader & Saver publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.