Is Quick User Switcher safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Web history the list of pages you visit

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

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 and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% 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 5 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 5% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 28% 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

196 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2025-11-11.
• No 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.

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

Who publishes it

svfodekar, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-07-14 and was last updated on 2025-11-11.

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. Account Switchboard No site access · 5 permissions 7 users
2. multiAccounts - multi accounts for any sites No site access · 6 permissions 3k users ★ 2.7
3. Web Session Switch Access to every site · 4 permissions, 2 site patterns 28 users ★ 5.0

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 Quick User Switcher access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does Quick User Switcher collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Web history. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Quick User Switcher asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Quick User Switcher publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.