Is Banished 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
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

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
• Block content on any page
• Read your browsing history
• Read and change your bookmarks
• Know your email address

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. What access to every site means

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• See the email address of the signed-in Google account identity.email

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Receive push messages from its developer gcm
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on every page you open: the manifest declares a content script for all sites.

• *://*.google.com/search* google.com and all its subdomains
• <all_urls> every site

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Education, 17% 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 8 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 21% 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

56 users

• Last updated in the store 2 days ago, on 2026-11-06.
• We have seen 6 new versions 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.

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

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-11-06Version 1.10234
2. 2026-11-05Version 1.10233
3. 2026-11-03Version 1.10232
4. 2026-10-31Version 1.10231
5. 2026-10-30Version 1.10230
6. 2026-10-29Version 1.10229

Who publishes it

pettyexploits, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-10-26 and was last updated on 2026-11-06.

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. CSI Tab Manager No site access · 4 permissions 847 users
2. Regex Tab Manager No site access · 4 permissions 100k users (last published figure) ★ 1.0
3. Unblock Everything No site access · 9 permissions 7k users (last published figure) ★ 3.0

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 Banished access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 8 browser permissions.

What data does Banished collect?

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

Has Banished asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Banished publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.