Permission · pageCapture

What the pageCapture permission means for a Chrome extension

Live Chrome Web Store extensions that declare pageCapture: 163, which is under 1% of the 271 775 whose permissions we have read. Counted after our catalog pass of 2026-10-12.

What it lets an extension do

Save the full contents of pages you visit pageCapture

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:

Read and change all your data on all websites

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
Category	Share of extensions	Extensions
Productivity · Workflow	under 1%	41 of 45 871
Productivity · Developer	under 1%	24 of 28 426
Productivity · Tools	under 1%	83 of 106 885
Make Chrome Yours · Functionality	under 1%	5 of 11 154
Productivity · Education	under 1%	4 of 11 577
Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility	under 1%	2 of 8 093
Lifestyle · Fun	under 1%	2 of 8 496
Make Chrome Yours · Privacy	under 1%	1 of 5 479
Lifestyle · Social	under 1%	1 of 7 180
Lifestyle · Art	0%	0 of 3 529
Lifestyle · Entertainment	0%	0 of 6 397
Lifestyle · Games	0%	0 of 6 908
Lifestyle · Household	0%	0 of 498
Lifestyle · News	0%	0 of 1 631
Lifestyle · Shopping	0%	0 of 8 746
Lifestyle · Travel	0%	0 of 860
Lifestyle · Well Being	0%	0 of 2 891
Productivity · Communication	0%	0 of 7 154

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

Save to Google Drive Access to every site · 9 permissions, 1 site pattern 7.0M users ★ 3.9
Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate Access to every site · 6 permissions, 2 site patterns 200k users ★ 4.6
Print Edit WE Access to every site · 8 permissions, 1 site pattern 100k users ★ 4.4
Manga Translator - Scan Translator Access to every site · 8 permissions, 3 site patterns 50k users ★ 4.2
Testim Editor Access to every site · 13 permissions, 3 site patterns 40k users ★ 3.7
Save As MHT Access to every site · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 30k users ★ 4.0
Save Webpages Offline As MHTML No site access · 4 permissions 30k users ★ 4.3
Hunchly 2.0 Access to every site · 9 permissions, 3 site patterns 20k users ★ 5.0
pdfMachine Access to specific sites only · 4 permissions, 1 site pattern 20k users
Save as MHTML No site access · 7 permissions 10k users ★ 3.5

Each links to what that extension can access and how its permissions have changed.

How to check your own extensions

Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
Open its details. The Permissions section lists what Chrome granted it, in Chrome's own words.
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.
To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

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 2026-10-12.

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