Is Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

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
• Change your privacy-related settings
• 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

• Clear your browsing data browsingData
• Change your browser's privacy settings privacy
• Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
• 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
• See which of its blocking rules matched declarativeNetRequestFeedback
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Store data in your browser storage
• Declares webRequestAuthProvider

Who uses it and how it is kept up

1.0M users

• Last updated in the store 31 days ago, on 2026-09-03.
• We have seen 1 new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

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.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-03Version 5.3.0

Who publishes it

Surfshark Apps. This listing has been in the store since 2018-04-11 and was last updated on 2026-09-03.

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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 Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 12 browser permissions.

What data does Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.