Is Lab-URL Short URLs safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• 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 your data on api.lab-url.com
• Modify data you copy and paste
• Display notifications

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

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

• https://api.lab-url.com/* only api.lab-url.com

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Show you notifications notifications
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 21% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 7 browser permissions.

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

95 users

• Last updated in the store 118 days ago, on 2026-06-08.
• No 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.

Who publishes it

pkboy999. This listing has been in the store since 2026-04-14 and was last updated on 2026-06-08.

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. once.to: World's Fastest Link Shortener No site access · 1 permission 95 users ★ 5.0
2. ShortifyMe | Short Links and QR Codes Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 1 site pattern 411 users ★ 4.9
3. Linkonda — Short links & QR codes Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 1 site pattern 3 users

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 Lab-URL Short URLs access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does Lab-URL Short URLs collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information, Personal communications, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Lab-URL Short URLs asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Lab-URL Short URLs publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.