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What the declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess: 3 879, 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

Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Worth knowing

Worth knowing about, but limited to one kind of data or one part of the browser.

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 · Privacy4%205 of 5 449
Productivity · Developer2%562 of 28 347
Lifestyle · Entertainment2%100 of 6 364
Productivity · Tools2%1 628 of 106 524
Lifestyle · Social1%105 of 7 160
Productivity · Workflow1%670 of 45 728
Lifestyle · Well Being1%42 of 2 878
Lifestyle · Shopping1%102 of 8 710
Productivity · Education1%120 of 11 519
Make Chrome Yours · Functionality1%113 of 11 127
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility1%79 of 8 075
Productivity · Communication1%60 of 7 120
Lifestyle · News1%12 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Household1%3 of 492
Lifestyle · Gamesunder 1%34 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%31 of 8 489
Lifestyle · Travelunder 1%3 of 855
Lifestyle · Artunder 1%10 of 3 521

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. AdBlock — block ads across the web Access to every site · 11 permissions, 1 site pattern 65.0M users ★ 4.5
  2. Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Access to every site · 10 permissions, 1 site pattern 40.0M users ★ 4.4
  3. 360 Internet Protection Access to every site · 9 permissions, 1 site pattern 19.0M users ★ 4.5
  4. Claude Access to every site · 16 permissions, 1 site pattern 18.0M users ★ 2.9
  5. VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Access to every site · 16 permissions, 1 site pattern 15.0M users ★ 4.2
  6. Tampermonkey Access to every site · 17 permissions, 1 site pattern 12.0M users ★ 4.7
  7. 1Password – Password Manager Access to every site · 15 permissions, 1 site pattern 7.0M users ★ 3.1
  8. EndNote Click Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 7.0M users ★ 4.0
  9. ChatGPT Access to every site · 18 permissions, 1 site pattern 6.0M users ★ 2.8
  10. Okta Browser Plugin Access to specific sites only · 9 permissions, 2 site patterns 5.0M 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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