Is BNT Better New Tab 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
• Detect your physical location
• Read and change your browsing history on all your signed-in devices
• Display notifications

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

• Read your location geolocation
• Read and change your browsing history history

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Show you notifications notifications
• Run searches in your default search engine search
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse.

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How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 7 browser permissions.

• Read your location (geolocation): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Read and change your browsing history (history): 2% 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

34 users

• Last updated in the store 11 days ago, on 2026-11-03.
• We have seen 1 new version 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.

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. 2026-11-02Asked for fewer permissions (9, was 10) (changed: site access, optional permissions)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-11-02Version 2.6.1 · Asked for fewer permissions (9, was 10) (changed: site access, optional permissions)

Who publishes it

p4rs. This listing has been in the store since 2026-05-05 and was last updated on 2026-11-03.

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. CyberTab No site access · 1 permission 5 users
2. YourDynamicDashboard No site access · 1 permission 384 users ★ 4.9
3. SuperStart New Tab Page No site access · 6 permissions 10k users ★ 4.4

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 BNT Better New Tab access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does BNT Better New Tab 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 BNT Better New Tab asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-11-02.

Does BNT Better New Tab publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.