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Is Distraction Delay safe to install?

Distraction Delay asks for 1 browser permission and 1 site pattern. 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.

Distraction Delay

Chrome extension · Productivity · Workflow

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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
Access to every site
Data collection
Declares it collects none
Upkeep
Updated 309 days ago
Publisher
No store badges
Audience
15 users · 5.0/5

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:

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

Routine for an extension

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.

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: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 1 browser permission.

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

15 users

Users
+1 since 01.09
9-18 · 28 readings
  1. 2026-09-0114
  2. 2026-09-0315
  3. 2026-09-0413
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  7. 2026-09-2111
  8. 2026-09-2512
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  11. 2026-10-0510
  12. 2026-10-089
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  14. 2026-10-109
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  17. 2026-10-1814
  18. 2026-10-2115
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  24. 2026-10-2918
  25. 2026-10-3116
  26. 2026-11-0117
  27. 2026-11-0315
  28. 2026-11-0415

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

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

The store lists no publisher name. This listing has been in the store since 2025-12-30 and was last updated on 2025-12-30.

Similar extensions that ask for less

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  1. Delay Space Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions 11 users ★ 5.0
  2. JustAMin - Mindful Browsing No site access · 2 permissions 5 users
  3. Tab Timeout No site access · 2 permissions 22 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 Distraction Delay access?
Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 1 browser permission.
What data does Distraction Delay 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 Distraction Delay asked for more permissions over time?
The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
Does Distraction Delay publish a privacy policy?
No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.

We read the public store listing up to 2 times 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 2026-11-04.

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