Is HTML to Excel safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• 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

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

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% 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 4 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

503 users

• Last updated in the store 10 days ago, on 2026-10-27.
• We have seen 7 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.

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. 2026-09-04Asked for more permissions (5, was 4)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-28Version 1.0.5
2. 2026-10-27Version 1.0.4
3. 2026-10-19Version 1.0.3
4. 2026-10-18Version 1.0.1
5. 2026-09-09Version 0.2.3
6. 2026-09-04Version 0.2.2 · Asked for more permissions (5, was 4)
7. 2026-09-04Version 0.2.1 · Asked for more permissions (5, was 4)

Who publishes it

The store lists no publisher name. This listing has been in the store since 2026-08-25 and was last updated on 2026-10-27.

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. Screen to Excel | Ekrandan Excel No site access · 2 permissions 5 users ★ 5.0
2. GridSail — Web Tables to Excel No site access · 4 permissions 4 users
3. TableHarvest: Export Tables to Excel, CSV & Sheets by HeroBytes No site access · 4 permissions 3 users (last published figure)

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 HTML to Excel access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does HTML to Excel collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: 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 HTML to Excel asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-04.

Does HTML to Excel publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.