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What the identity permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare identity: 16 765, which is 6% of the 270 886 whose permissions we have read. Counted after our catalog pass of 2026-10-10.

What it lets an extension do

Sign you in with a Google account identity

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
Productivity · Communication12%852 of 7 120
Productivity · Education10%1 130 of 11 519
Productivity · Workflow9%3 957 of 45 728
Lifestyle · Social7%527 of 7 160
Productivity · Tools7%7 210 of 106 524
Lifestyle · Shopping7%570 of 8 710
Lifestyle · Travel6%55 of 855
Lifestyle · Household6%28 of 492
Make Chrome Yours · Privacy5%281 of 5 449
Lifestyle · Entertainment4%270 of 6 364
Lifestyle · Well Being4%116 of 2 878
Lifestyle · News3%57 of 1 631
Productivity · Developer3%981 of 28 347
Lifestyle · Art2%85 of 3 521
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility2%193 of 8 075
Make Chrome Yours · Functionality2%249 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Games1%95 of 6 897
Lifestyle · Fun1%109 of 8 489

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. Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Access to every site · 15 permissions, 1 site pattern 344.0M users ★ 4.4
  2. Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App Access to every site · 7 permissions, 2 site patterns 41.0M users ★ 4.5
  3. Read&Write for Google Chrome™ Access to every site · 13 permissions, 1 site pattern 19.0M users ★ 3.4
  4. Claude Access to every site · 16 permissions, 1 site pattern 18.0M users ★ 2.9
  5. Malwarebytes Browser Guard Access to every site · 12 permissions, 1 site pattern 12.0M users ★ 3.8
  6. MetaMask Access to every site · 12 permissions, 6 site patterns 12.0M users ★ 2.7
  7. Mobility Print Access to every site · 9 permissions, 2 site patterns 11.0M users ★ 2.4
  8. Endpoint Verification Access to specific sites only · 13 permissions, 1 site pattern 10.0M users ★ 3.4
  9. Authenticator No site access · 5 permissions 9.0M users ★ 3.7
  10. Google Keep Chrome Extension Access to specific sites only · 7 permissions, 3 site patterns 8.0M users ★ 4.0

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