Is TabsTree safe to install?
TabsTree asks for 11 browser permissions and 1 site pattern. 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.
What the developer says, and 4 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 every site
- Data collection
- Declares it collects none
- Upkeep
- Updated 165 days ago
- Publisher
- No store badges
- Audience
- 33 users · 5.0/5
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 does not link 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
- Read the icons of the websites you visit
- Read and change your bookmarks
- Modify data you copy and paste
- 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
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
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See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Worth knowing
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Read and change your bookmarks
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Manage your downloads
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See and restore recently closed tabs
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See when you navigate between pages
webNavigation
Routine for an extension
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Put data on your clipboard
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Read site icons
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Open a panel beside the page
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Store data in your browser
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Store data in your browser without the usual size limit
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Declares
windows
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 every site.
The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.
- See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 20% 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
33 users
- 2026-09-0126
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- 2026-11-0233
- Last updated in the store 165 days ago, on 2026-05-21.
- No new version 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.
Who publishes it
Phil, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-12-24 and was last updated on 2026-05-21.
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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 TabsTree 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 TabsTree 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 TabsTree asked for more permissions over time?
- The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
- Does TabsTree publish a privacy policy?
- No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.
We read the public store listing up to 2 times 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 2026-11-02.
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