Is Betterworks Plugin for Gmail 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 mail.google.com and all betterworks.com sites

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://mail.google.com/* only mail.google.com
• https://*.betterworks.com/* betterworks.com and all its subdomains

We have not read this listing's manifest since we started keeping permission names. The counts on the card come from the last time we did.

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 1 site pattern.

• https://mail.google.com/* only mail.google.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.

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 1 site pattern.

• https://mail.google.com/* only mail.google.com

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares no 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

523 users

• Last updated in the store 186 days ago, on 2026-04-30.
• No new version 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.

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

Who publishes it

BetterWorks Systems, Inc.. This listing has been in the store since 2021-09-01 and was last updated on 2026-04-30.

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1. Prompt Craft No site access · 3 permissions 4 users (last published figure)
2. New Coworker No site access · 5 permissions 2 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 Betterworks Plugin for Gmail access?

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns. It declares no browser permissions.

What data does Betterworks Plugin for Gmail 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 Betterworks Plugin for Gmail asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Betterworks Plugin for Gmail publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.