Is Home Sweet Home Launcher safe to install?
Home Sweet Home Launcher asks for 2 browser permissions and 2 site patterns. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.
Chrome extension by HomeSweetHome · Make Chrome Yours · Functionality
What the developer says, and 5 screenshots
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At a glance
Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.
- Site access
- Access to specific sites only
- Data collection
- 2 kinds of data declared
- Upkeep
- Updated 150 days ago
- Publisher
- Established publisher · Trader
- Audience
- 50 users
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
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 home-sweet-home.shop and t2.gstatic.com
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: 2 match patterns.
https://home-sweet-home.shop/*only home-sweet-home.shophttps://t2.gstatic.com/*only t2.gstatic.com
Worth knowing
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Sign you in with a Google account
identity
Routine for an extension
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Store data in your browser
storage
How usual this is for its category
In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.
The typical extension there declares 1 browser permission; this one declares 2 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
50 users
- 2026-08-3118
- 2026-09-0319
- 2026-09-0517
- 2026-09-0618
- 2026-09-0717
- 2026-09-0819
- 2026-09-1018
- 2026-09-1321
- 2026-09-1534
- 2026-09-1646
- 2026-09-2057
- 2026-09-2156
- 2026-09-2550
- 2026-09-2652
- 2026-09-2849
- 2026-10-0550
- Last updated in the store 150 days ago, on 2026-05-08.
- 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.
The listing says it offers in-app purchases.
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
HomeSweetHome, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-05-08 and was last updated on 2026-05-08.
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How to check or remove it in Chrome
- Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
- 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.
- To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.
Questions people ask
- What can Home Sweet Home Launcher access?
- Specific sites only: 2 match patterns. It declares 2 browser permissions.
- What data does Home Sweet Home Launcher collect?
- The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
- Has Home Sweet Home Launcher asked for more permissions over time?
- The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
- Does Home Sweet Home Launcher publish a privacy policy?
- Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.
We read the public store listing once a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-10-05.
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