Is Delete All Messages for Facebook & Instagram 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 your data on a number of websites
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page
• Manage your downloads

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: 6 match patterns.

• https://*.instagram.com/* instagram.com and all its subdomains
• https://www.facebook.com/* only www.facebook.com
• https://web.facebook.com/* only web.facebook.com
• https://m.facebook.com/* only m.facebook.com
• https://www.messenger.com/* only www.messenger.com
• https://cleanmysocial.com/* only cleanmysocial.com

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
• Manage your downloads downloads
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 5 site patterns.

• https://www.facebook.com/messages/* only www.facebook.com
• https://web.facebook.com/messages/* only web.facebook.com
• https://m.facebook.com/messages/* only m.facebook.com

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 Lifestyle · Social, 8% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 9% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 26% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 3% 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

7k users

• Last updated in the store 6 days ago, on 2026-10-26.
• We have seen 8 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• 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.

1. 2026-09-15Asked for more permissions (17, was 16)
2. 2026-09-09Asked for more permissions (16, was 13)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-27Version 110
2. 2026-10-20Version 109
3. 2026-10-13Version 108
4. 2026-10-07Version 106
5. 2026-10-04Version 104
6. 2026-09-27Version 103
7. 2026-09-22Version 101
8. 2026-09-15Version 100 · Asked for more permissions (17, was 16)

Who publishes it

Facebook tools, who publishes 6 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2020-07-19 and was last updated on 2026-10-26.

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. Delete & Unsend Instagram Messages Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 2 site patterns 41 users ★ 4.0
2. Delete Facebook & Instagram Chats Fast Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 1 site pattern 8 users ★ 5.0
3. FB Chat Cleaner – Skip & Delete Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 2 site patterns 11 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 Delete All Messages for Facebook & Instagram access?

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does Delete All Messages for Facebook & Instagram 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 Delete All Messages for Facebook & Instagram asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 2 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-09-15.

Does Delete All Messages for Facebook & Instagram publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.