Permission · clipboardWrite

What the clipboardWrite permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare clipboardWrite: 12 566, which is 5% of the 270 886 whose permissions we have read. Counted after our catalog pass of 2026-10-10.

What it lets an extension do

Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite

Routine for an extension

Routine for an extension: on its own it does not reach your browsing data or the pages you open.

What Chrome says when you add one

When you add an extension that declares it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

Modify data you copy and paste

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.

How common it is in each category

How common it is in each category
Category	Share of extensions	Extensions
Productivity · Developer	8%	2 152 of 28 347
Make Chrome Yours · Privacy	6%	348 of 5 449
Productivity · Tools	6%	6 370 of 106 524
Productivity · Communication	5%	361 of 7 120
Productivity · Workflow	4%	1 889 of 45 728
Productivity · Education	3%	338 of 11 519
Lifestyle · Art	3%	103 of 3 521
Lifestyle · Social	3%	205 of 7 160
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility	2%	198 of 8 075
Make Chrome Yours · Functionality	2%	225 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Shopping	2%	143 of 8 710
Lifestyle · Entertainment	1%	77 of 6 364
Lifestyle · Travel	1%	10 of 855
Lifestyle · Fun	1%	70 of 8 489
Lifestyle · Games	1%	54 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Well Being	1%	16 of 2 878
Lifestyle · Household	under 1%	2 of 492
Lifestyle · News	under 1%	5 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

Tampermonkey Access to every site · 17 permissions, 1 site pattern 12.0M users ★ 4.7
MetaMask Access to every site · 12 permissions, 6 site patterns 12.0M users ★ 2.7
Bitwarden Password Manager Access to every site · 16 permissions, 2 site patterns 8.0M users ★ 4.3
AnyDoc Translator - Translate Web and PDF Access to every site · 10 permissions, 1 site pattern 6.0M users ★ 4.7
Norton Password Manager Access to every site · 9 permissions, 1 site pattern 5.0M users ★ 2.7
vidIQ Vision for YouTube Access to every site · 6 permissions, 1 site pattern 4.0M users ★ 4.5
Mote for Google Chrome™ Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 2.0M users ★ 4.6
Keeper® Password Manager & Digital Vault Access to every site · 14 permissions, 3 site patterns 2.0M users ★ 4.8
Google Scholar PDF Reader Access to every site · 7 permissions, 1 site pattern 2.0M users ★ 4.1
Lightshot (screenshot tool) Access to every site · 7 permissions, 1 site pattern 2.0M users ★ 4.4

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

How to check your own extensions

Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
Open its details. The Permissions section lists what Chrome granted it, in Chrome's own words.
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.

Figures come from our own daily pass over the public Chrome Web Store. We do not install or audit extensions and publish no contact details for their developers. Catalog pass of 2026-10-10.

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