Is AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta) 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
• 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
• 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
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage
• Declares userScripts

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Privacy, 41% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 7% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 13% 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

100k users

• Last updated in the store 4 days ago, on 2026-09-30.
• We have seen 11 new versions 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. 2026-10-01Version 5.5.2.56
2. 2026-09-30Version 5.5.2.55
3. 2026-09-29Version 5.5.2.54
4. 2026-09-28Version 5.5.2.53
5. 2026-09-27Version 5.5.2.52
6. 2026-09-27Version 5.5.2.51
7. 2026-09-26Version 5.5.2.50
8. 2026-09-25Version 5.5.2.48

Who publishes it

Adguard Software Ltd, who publishes 6 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2022-05-30 and was last updated on 2026-09-30.

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. Web Defender No site access · 4 permissions 5 users
2. Adblock Ads Blocker Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 15 users
3. AvoBlock Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 5 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 AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta) 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 AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta) 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 AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta) asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta) publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.