Is Messenger Cleaner – Delete All Facebook Messages 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 your data on a number of websites
• Manage your downloads
• Read your browsing history

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

Specific sites only: 5 match patterns.

• https://www.facebook.com/* only www.facebook.com
• https://web.facebook.com/* only web.facebook.com
• https://m.facebook.com/* only m.facebook.com
• https://www.messenger.com/* only www.messenger.com
• https://cleanmysocial.com/* only cleanmysocial.com

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Manage your downloads downloads
• 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
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Privacy, 41% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 9 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 7% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% 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

2k users

• Updated in the store today, 2026-10-04.
• We have seen 5 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

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. 2026-09-15Swapped which permissions it asks for
2. 2026-09-09Asked for more permissions (14, was 10)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-04Version 104
2. 2026-09-27Version 103
3. 2026-09-22Version 101
4. 2026-09-15Version 100 · Swapped which permissions it asks for
5. 2026-09-09Version 62 · Asked for more permissions (14, was 10)

Who publishes it

Facebook tools, who publishes 6 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2020-04-07 and was last updated on 2026-10-04.

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. Delete Facebook Messages No site access · 1 permission 200 users ★ 4.0
2. Message Thread Cleaner No site access · 1 permission 9 users ★ 5.0
3. NDT FB Mess Delete No site access · 2 permissions 10 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 Messenger Cleaner – Delete All Facebook Messages access?

Specific sites only: 5 match patterns. It declares 9 browser permissions.

What data does Messenger Cleaner – Delete All Facebook Messages 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 Messenger Cleaner – Delete All Facebook Messages asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 2 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-09-15.

Does Messenger Cleaner – Delete All Facebook Messages publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.