Is Bookmark Maestro – Dedupe, URL & Link Cleaner 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
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Web history the list of pages you visit

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
• Read your browsing history
• Read and change your bookmarks
• Read the icons of the websites you visit

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

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks

Routine for an extension

• Read site icons favicon
• 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://bookmark-maestro.com/* only bookmark-maestro.com
• https://www.bookmark-maestro.com/* only www.bookmark-maestro.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 5 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 28% 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

311 users

• Last updated in the store 8 days ago, on 2026-10-23.
• We have seen 6 new versions 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.

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.

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

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-23Version 2.5.0+gf081a34
2. 2026-10-14Version 2.4.0+g0ac53ad
3. 2026-09-22Version 2.3.0+g88a03e4
4. 2026-09-08Version 2.2.0+geed6983
5. 2026-09-05Version 2.1.0+g8328617
6. 2026-09-04Version 2.0.0+g64c65ee

Who publishes it

Jun Builds, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-02-18 and was last updated on 2026-10-23.

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. BookmarkLab No site access · 2 permissions 49 users ★ 5.0
2. OrdoMarks No site access · 2 permissions 2 users ★ 5.0
3. Bookmark Breeze: Bookmark Cleaner for Broken Links & Duplicates No site access · 2 permissions 15 users ★ 5.0

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 Bookmark Maestro – Dedupe, URL & Link Cleaner 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 Bookmark Maestro – Dedupe, URL & Link Cleaner collect?

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

Has Bookmark Maestro – Dedupe, URL & Link Cleaner asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Bookmark Maestro – Dedupe, URL & Link Cleaner publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.