Is Simple Video Capture: Tab Video Recorder 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 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

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Capture the contents of a tab tabCapture

Worth knowing

• Manage your downloads downloads

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• 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://simple-video-capture.com/api/* only simple-video-capture.com
• https://simple-capture.com/api/* only simple-capture.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: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 6 browser permissions.

• Capture the contents of a tab (tabCapture): 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

47 users

• Last updated in the store 1 day ago, on 2026-10-28.
• We have seen 8 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.

The listing says it offers in-app purchases.

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. 2026-10-28Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-28Version 1.8.16 · Changed where it works (changed: sites that can connect to it)
2. 2026-10-23Version 1.8.15
3. 2026-10-22Version 1.8.14
4. 2026-10-13Version 1.8.12
5. 2026-10-13Version 1.8.11
6. 2026-10-03Version 1.8.10
7. 2026-10-02Version 1.8.9
8. 2026-10-01Version 1.8.8

Who publishes it

Simple-Capture.com, who publishes 7 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-05-06 and was last updated on 2026-10-28.

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. SnapRecord - Screen & Tab Recorder No site access · 2 permissions 3 users (last published figure)
2. Screen to WEBM Recorder No site access · 2 permissions 47 users
3. RecordThatChromeTab No site access · 2 permissions 8 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 Simple Video Capture: Tab Video Recorder access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 6 browser permissions.

What data does Simple Video Capture: Tab Video Recorder 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 Simple Video Capture: Tab Video Recorder asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-28.

Does Simple Video Capture: Tab Video Recorder publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.