Ext Ops Panel
Open dashboard
Permission · browsingData

What the browsingData permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare browsingData: 1 373, which is 1% of the 270 859 whose permissions we have read. Counted after our catalog pass of 2026-10-10.

What it lets an extension do

Clear your browsing data browsingData

Reaches your browsing data or every site

Permissions in this group reach your browsing data or every site. Plenty of honest extensions need one; check that what the extension is for explains it.

What Chrome says when you add one

We know of no install warning Chrome shows for this permission on its own. Chrome may still warn about the site access an extension declares alongside it.

How common it is in each category

How common it is in each category
CategoryShare of extensionsExtensions
Make Chrome Yours · Privacy3%188 of 5 449
Productivity · Developer1%320 of 28 348
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility1%42 of 8 075
Productivity · Tools1%541 of 106 510
Productivity · Workflowunder 1%169 of 45 721
Make Chrome Yours · Functionalityunder 1%41 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Travelunder 1%2 of 855
Lifestyle · Socialunder 1%15 of 7 160
Productivity · Educationunder 1%17 of 11 516
Lifestyle · Gamesunder 1%9 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Entertainmentunder 1%7 of 6 363
Lifestyle · Well Beingunder 1%3 of 2 878
Lifestyle · Shoppingunder 1%8 of 8 708
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%6 of 8 489
Productivity · Communicationunder 1%5 of 7 120
Lifestyle · Art0%0 of 3 519
Lifestyle · Household0%0 of 493
Lifestyle · News0%0 of 1 631

Counted over the live extensions of each 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.

Widely installed extensions that ask for it

  1. Microsoft Power Automate Access to every site · 6 permissions, 3 site patterns 12.0M users ★ 2.1
  2. Online Security Access to every site · 18 permissions, 1 site pattern 11.0M users ★ 3.6
  3. Browsec VPN - Free VPN for Chrome Access to every site · 9 permissions, 1 site pattern 8.0M users ★ 4.5
  4. Keeper® Password Manager & Digital Vault Access to every site · 14 permissions, 3 site patterns 2.0M users ★ 4.8
  5. MasteryConnect LockDown Browser Access to every site · 16 permissions, 3 site patterns 2.0M users ★ 1.5
  6. Easy Auto Refresh Access to specific sites only · 6 permissions, 2 site patterns 1.0M users ★ 3.9
  7. Surfshark Chrome VPN extension — fast, private, and free to start Access to every site · 12 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 4.0
  8. Web Developer Access to every site · 7 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 4.5
  9. Bitdefender Web Sage Access to every site · 17 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 4.4
  10. MultiPassword — Password manager Access to every site · 11 permissions, 2 site patterns 1.0M users ★ 4.8

Each links to what that extension can access and how its permissions have changed.

How to check your own extensions

  1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
  2. Open its details. The Permissions section lists what Chrome granted it, in Chrome's own words.
  3. 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.
  4. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Other permissions

Figures come from the public Chrome Web Store, which our own crawler reads up to 2 times a day. We do not install or audit extensions and publish no contact details for their developers. Catalog pass of .

Browse the catalog

Where the data comes from: how the catalog is built