Is Total Adblock - Ad Blocker safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates

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
• Change your settings that control websites' access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, camera etc.
• Display notifications
• Read your browsing history
• 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.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Clear your browsing data browsingData
• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Change what sites are allowed to do contentSettings
• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

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

Who uses it and how it is kept up

800k users

• Last updated in the store 126 days ago, on 2026-05-31.
• 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.
• 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.

Who publishes it

Protected.net, who publishes 4 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2021-01-21 and was last updated on 2026-05-31.

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. AdBlock Pro Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 238 users ★ 5.0
2. Adblock Ad Blocker Pro Access to every site · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 300k users ★ 4.3
3. AdBlock Pro — Advanced Ad & Tracker Blocker Access to every site · 6 permissions, 1 site pattern 11 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 Total Adblock - Ad Blocker access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 12 browser permissions.

What data does Total Adblock - Ad Blocker collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Location. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Total Adblock - Ad Blocker asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Total Adblock - Ad Blocker publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.