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What the identity.email permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare identity.email: 1 891, which is 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

See the email address of the signed-in Google account identity.email

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

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 · Communication2%119 of 7 120
Productivity · Workflow1%540 of 45 721
Make Chrome Yours · Privacy1%64 of 5 449
Lifestyle · Social1%70 of 7 160
Productivity · Education1%102 of 11 516
Lifestyle · Travel1%6 of 855
Productivity · Tools1%693 of 106 510
Lifestyle · Art1%19 of 3 519
Lifestyle · Shopping1%47 of 8 708
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility1%42 of 8 075
Productivity · Developerunder 1%118 of 28 348
Lifestyle · Householdunder 1%2 of 493
Lifestyle · Well Beingunder 1%11 of 2 878
Lifestyle · Newsunder 1%4 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Entertainmentunder 1%15 of 6 363
Make Chrome Yours · Functionalityunder 1%26 of 11 127
Lifestyle · Fununder 1%12 of 8 489
Lifestyle · Gamesunder 1%1 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. Read&Write for Google Chrome™ Access to every site · 13 permissions, 1 site pattern 19.0M users ★ 3.4
  2. Endpoint Verification Access to specific sites only · 13 permissions, 1 site pattern 10.0M users ★ 3.4
  3. Google Keep Chrome Extension Access to specific sites only · 7 permissions, 3 site patterns 8.0M users ★ 4.0
  4. Lightspeed Insight Agent Access to specific sites only · 12 permissions, 4 site patterns 7.0M users ★ 1.3
  5. OrbitNote Access to every site · 10 permissions, 3 site patterns 6.0M users ★ 3.0
  6. Equatio - Math made digital Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 5.0M users ★ 3.9
  7. LearnPlatform for Students Access to specific sites only · 6 permissions, 2 site patterns 5.0M users ★ 1.2
  8. WA Web Plus by Elbruz Technologies Access to specific sites only · 5 permissions, 2 site patterns 2.0M users ★ 4.6
  9. AHA Music - Song Finder for Browser Access to specific sites only · 7 permissions, 2 site patterns 1.0M users ★ 4.2
  10. Pendo Launcher Access to every site · 10 permissions, 1 site pattern 1.0M users ★ 3.0

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 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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