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What the desktopCapture permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare desktopCapture: 754, which is under 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

Capture the contents of your screen desktopCapture

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 · Communication1%66 of 7 120
Productivity · Workflowunder 1%206 of 45 721
Productivity · Educationunder 1%38 of 11 516
Productivity · Developerunder 1%84 of 28 348
Productivity · Toolsunder 1%313 of 106 510
Lifestyle · Socialunder 1%12 of 7 160
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibilityunder 1%13 of 8 075
Lifestyle · Artunder 1%4 of 3 519
Lifestyle · Well Beingunder 1%2 of 2 878
Make Chrome Yours · Functionalityunder 1%6 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%4 of 8 489
Make Chrome Yours · Privacyunder 1%2 of 5 449
Lifestyle · Gamesunder 1%2 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Entertainmentunder 1%1 of 6 363
Lifestyle · Shoppingunder 1%1 of 8 708
Lifestyle · Household0%0 of 493
Lifestyle · News0%0 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Travel0%0 of 855

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. Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Access to every site · 12 permissions, 2 site patterns 9.0M users ★ 3.9
  2. Loom – Screen Recorder & Screen Capture Access to every site · 13 permissions, 2 site patterns 8.0M users ★ 4.6
  3. Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot Access to every site · 12 permissions, 2 site patterns 4.0M users ★ 4.7
  4. Screen Recorder No site access · 1 permission 2.0M users ★ 3.8
  5. Screen Recorder & Screenshot App for Chrome | Scrnli Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 4.7
  6. Mirroring360 Sender for Chrome No site access · 6 permissions 600k users (last published figure) ★ 2.8
  7. edpuzzle Access to every site · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 600k users ★ 4.2
  8. Senso Extension Access to every site · 18 permissions, 1 site pattern 500k users ★ 1.0
  9. Scrolling screenshot tool & screen capture Access to every site · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 500k users ★ 4.3
  10. Screen Recorder No site access · 3 permissions 300k users ★ 3.1

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 .

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