Is Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards 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 all your data on all websites
• Manage your apps, extensions, and themes
• Display notifications
• Block content on any page

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

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See, enable and disable your other extensions management

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Show you notifications notifications
• Store data in your browser storage

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 2 site patterns.

• https://www.bing.com/* only www.bing.com
• https://browserdefaults.microsoft.com/* only browserdefaults.microsoft.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 · Tools, 20% 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 7 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 5% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See, enable and disable your other extensions (management): under 1% 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

3.0M users

• Last updated in the store 359 days ago, on 2025-11-09.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.

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

Microsoft Corporation, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2019-07-24 and was last updated on 2025-11-09.

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. Automate Bing Searches Rewards No site access · 2 permissions 2k users ★ 3.9
2. Rewards Auto Search: Automate searches with 1-Click Access to specific sites only · 2 permissions, 2 site patterns 9k users ★ 3.7
3. Automate Your Bing Searches Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 1 site pattern 100k users ★ 2.7

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 Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards 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 Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.