Ask Chat GPT Extension is no longer in the Chrome Web Store: what it can access

What to use instead

Listings still in the store that are closest to it in what they say they do. Comparable, not endorsed.

1. Open in ChatGPT Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 9 users
2. Search ChatGPT for… Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users ★ 5.0
3. ChatGPT Quick Access Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 25 users
4. Search With ChatGPT Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure)
5. Select to Search – AI Search for Selected Text (ChatGPT, Claude, Google) Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 218 users ★ 5.0

All alternatives, with why each one is close →

If you still have it installed

A listing leaving the store does not by itself remove the extension from browsers that already have it. If you still have it, you can see what it can reach and remove it in a minute:

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.

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

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

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on every page you open: the manifest declares a content script for all sites.

• https://*/* every site
• https://chatgpt.com/* only chatgpt.com

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Runs its code on every site.

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

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

182 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-10-15.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The listing is no longer in the store, so none of the store's badges apply to it now.

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.

Who publishes it

BrianARuff. This listing has been in the store since 2023-11-08 and was last updated on 2024-10-15.

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. Search With ChatGPT No site access · 1 permission 3 users (last published figure)
2. ChatGPT Quick Access No site access · 2 permissions 25 users
3. Search on ChatGPT Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions 3 users (last published figure)

Questions people ask

What can Ask Chat GPT Extension access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 3 browser permissions.

What data does Ask Chat GPT Extension 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 Ask Chat GPT Extension asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Ask Chat GPT Extension publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.