Is Custom Cursor World 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
• Display notifications

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

Worth knowing

• 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
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

Sites that can connect to it

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

• *://*.custom-cursor.world/* custom-cursor.world and all its subdomains

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 Lifestyle · Fun, 10% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 1 browser permission; this one declares 5 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

5k users

• Last updated in the store 20 days ago, on 2026-10-11.
• We have seen 2 new versions 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.

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.

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-11Version 2.3.27
2. 2026-09-08Version 2.3.26

Who publishes it

freshtools.cmp, who publishes 5 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-08-29 and was last updated on 2026-10-11.

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. Other Cursor Access to every site · 1 permission, 1 site pattern 2 users (last published figure)
2. Awesome Cursors – Custom Cursors for Chrome™ Access to every site · 2 permissions, 1 site pattern 67 users ★ 4.0
3. Cursor Style Pro ★ 50+ stunning cursor styles for Chrome Access to every site · 2 permissions, 1 site pattern 26 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 Custom Cursor World access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does Custom Cursor World 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 Custom Cursor World asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Custom Cursor World publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.