Is AdBlock — block ads across the web safe to install?
AdBlock — block ads across the web asks for 11 browser permissions and 1 site pattern. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.
The facts we can check
No score. A single number would compress incomparable things and imply we had weighed them: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, and one figure would be wrong about both.
- Site access
- Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.
- Browser permissions
- 11 permissions
- Privacy policy
- Published in the store listing
- Manifest version
- V3, the current extension platform
- Publisher record
- The store shows this publisher its good record badge
- Rated by
- 290k people, average 4.5
What it can reach
Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.
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See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs -
Watch the network requests your browser makes
webRequest -
Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess -
Run its own code on the pages it can access
scripting -
See when you navigate between pages
webNavigation -
Schedule work to run later
alarms -
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus -
Tell whether you are away from the computer
idle -
Show you notifications
notifications -
Store data in your browser
storage -
Store data in your browser without the usual size limit
unlimitedStorage
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
- Version 6.45.5
- Version 6.45.4
Who publishes it
AdBlock. This listing has been in the store since 2009-12-08 and was last updated on 2026-09-08.
We read the public store listing once a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-09-10.
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