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What the geolocation permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare geolocation: 938, 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

Read your location geolocation

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
Lifestyle · News7%119 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Travel2%17 of 855
Lifestyle · Well Being2%55 of 2 878
Lifestyle · Household1%5 of 493
Make Chrome Yours · Functionality1%105 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Art1%20 of 3 519
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%37 of 8 489
Productivity · Workflowunder 1%162 of 45 721
Productivity · Educationunder 1%40 of 11 516
Lifestyle · Socialunder 1%23 of 7 160
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibilityunder 1%24 of 8 075
Make Chrome Yours · Privacyunder 1%16 of 5 449
Lifestyle · Shoppingunder 1%24 of 8 708
Productivity · Toolsunder 1%250 of 106 510
Lifestyle · Entertainmentunder 1%13 of 6 363
Productivity · Communicationunder 1%12 of 7 120
Productivity · Developerunder 1%16 of 28 348
Lifestyle · Games0%0 of 6 897

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. Lightspeed Insight Agent Access to specific sites only · 12 permissions, 4 site patterns 7.0M users ★ 1.3
  2. Visual Bookmarks Access to specific sites only · 12 permissions, 17 site patterns 2.0M users ★ 3.4
  3. FileWave Inventory Access to specific sites only · 15 permissions, 1 site pattern 300k users ★ 3.0
  4. YuJa Verity Chrome Extension Access to every site · 16 permissions, 1 site pattern 200k users ★ 1.2
  5. Sophos Chrome Security Access to every site · 14 permissions, 1 site pattern 200k users ★ 4.3
  6. IMTLazarusv3 Access to every site · 20 permissions, 2 site patterns 100k users ★ 1.2
  7. Weather No site access · 6 permissions 100k users ★ 3.1
  8. Rain Alarm Extension Access to specific sites only · 6 permissions, 2 site patterns 90k users ★ 4.3
  9. Fix-IT Mate: WiFi Speed Test & AI Tech Support Access to every site · 15 permissions, 1 site pattern 50k users ★ 3.9
  10. Unblocked Games — New Tab Access to every site · 6 permissions, 1 site pattern 50k users ★ 4.5

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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