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What the debugger permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare debugger: 3 459, which is 1% of the 270 886 whose permissions we have read. Counted after our catalog pass of 2026-10-10.

What it lets an extension do

Attach to pages the way developer tools do debugger

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

When you add an extension that declares 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.

How common it is in each category

How common it is in each category
CategoryShare of extensionsExtensions
Productivity · Developer4%1 068 of 28 347
Productivity · Tools1%1 502 of 106 524
Productivity · Workflow1%600 of 45 728
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility1%55 of 8 075
Lifestyle · Art1%21 of 3 521
Productivity · Communicationunder 1%32 of 7 120
Lifestyle · Socialunder 1%30 of 7 160
Productivity · Educationunder 1%47 of 11 519
Make Chrome Yours · Functionalityunder 1%38 of 11 127
Make Chrome Yours · Privacyunder 1%13 of 5 449
Lifestyle · Householdunder 1%1 of 492
Lifestyle · Entertainmentunder 1%12 of 6 364
Lifestyle · Gamesunder 1%13 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Shoppingunder 1%16 of 8 710
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%10 of 8 489
Lifestyle · Travelunder 1%1 of 855
Lifestyle · News0%0 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Well Being0%0 of 2 878

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. Claude Access to every site · 16 permissions, 1 site pattern 18.0M users ★ 2.9
  2. Microsoft Power Automate Access to every site · 6 permissions, 3 site patterns 12.0M users ★ 2.1
  3. ChatGPT Access to every site · 18 permissions, 1 site pattern 6.0M users ★ 2.8
  4. SYTools Access to specific sites only · 9 permissions, 26 site patterns 4.0M users ★ 3.0
  5. Meta Ads Data Advisor Access to every site · 13 permissions, 1 site pattern 3.0M users ★ 3.9
  6. 影刀RPA Access to every site · 11 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 3.4
  7. Screen Recorder & Screenshot App for Chrome | Scrnli Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 4.7
  8. NopeCHA: CAPTCHA Solver Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 800k users ★ 4.5
  9. html.to.design No site access · 8 permissions 700k users ★ 4.5
  10. Voice In - Voice Typing & Speech-to-Text Dictation Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 700k users ★ 4.4

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 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 .

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Where the data comes from: how the catalog is built