Is AdBlocker for YouTube™ safe to install?
AdBlocker for YouTube™ asks for 2 browser permissions and declares no blanket site access. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.
Chrome extension by chYer · Productivity · Tools
What the developer says, and 1 screenshot
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At a glance
Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.
- Site access
- No site access
- Data collection
- Declares it collects none
- Upkeep
- Updated 161 days ago
- Publisher
- Featured
- Audience
- 50k users · 4.1/5
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 does not link 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:
- Block content on any page
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.
Worth knowing
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Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance
declarativeNetRequest
Routine for an extension
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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: No site access.
The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 2 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
50k users
- 2026-09-0150k
- 2026-09-2050k
- 2026-10-0450k
- Last updated in the store 161 days ago, on 2026-04-26.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What the store shows
- Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
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
chYer, who publishes 18 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2015-03-29 and was last updated on 2026-04-26.
How to check or remove it in Chrome
- Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
- 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.
- To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.
Questions people ask
- What can AdBlocker for YouTube™ access?
- No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 2 browser permissions.
- What data does AdBlocker for YouTube™ 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 AdBlocker for YouTube™ asked for more permissions over time?
- The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
- Does AdBlocker for YouTube™ publish a privacy policy?
- No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.
We read the public store listing once a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-10-04.
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