Is FocusShield - Block Online Distractions 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
• Read your browsing history
• 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.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

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

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Read site icons favicon
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 21% 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 7 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 29% 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

3 users (last published figure)

• Last updated in the store 8 days ago, on 2026-09-26.
• We have seen 1 new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

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

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.

1. 2026-09-26Asked for more permissions (8, was 6)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-26Version 3.6.0 · Asked for more permissions (8, was 6)

Who publishes it

NexLifyy, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-06-29 and was last updated on 2026-09-26.

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. FocusGuard - Website Blocker No site access · 4 permissions 6 users ★ 5.0
2. Yield: Website Focus Guard Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 3 users (last published figure)
3. North. Focus & Distraction Blocker Access to every site · 6 permissions, 1 site pattern 13 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 FocusShield - Block Online Distractions 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 FocusShield - Block Online Distractions 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 FocusShield - Block Online Distractions asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-26.

Does FocusShield - Block Online Distractions publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.