The bookmarks permission
An extension holding bookmarks can
read and change your bookmarks.
We weight it 5 out of 100 when scoring how much an extension can reach. That is a measure of capability, not of behaviour: plenty of extensions need this to do their job.
- Extensions we track using it
- 755
- Share of those we have checked
- 1.1%
- Risk weight
- 5/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 755 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| iCloud Bookmarks | Manifest V3 | 6M | 25 |
| Browser Redirection Extension | Manifest V3 | 1M | 100 |
| Glean | Manifest V3 | 700k | 30 |
| Bookmark Sidebar | Manifest V3 | 300k | 45 |
| Bookmarks clean up | Manifest V3 | 200k | 5 |
| Homey: Productivity New Tab | Manifest V3 | 100k | 44 |
| Incredible StartPage - Productive Start Page | Manifest V3 | 50k | 12 |
| CSDN·浏览器助手 | Manifest V3 | 40k | 95 |
| ESET Password Manager | Manifest V3 | 40k | 78 |
| Bookmark Favicon Changer | Manifest V3 | 40k | 83 |
| Cute Tab - Custom Dashboard | Manifest V3 | 30k | 60 |
| Surfingkeys | Manifest V3 | 30k | 100 |
| Global Glamours | Manifest V3 | 30k | 5 |
| Bookmarks Quick Search | Manifest V3 | 20k | 5 |
| Prime Connect - Message Sender | Manifest V3 | 10k | 20 |
| Prime Sender - Free WhatsApp Web Message Sender | Manifest V3 | 10k | 20 |
| Flash Copilot - Powered by DeepSeek | Manifest V3 | 10k | 60 |
| IQ Tab - Custom New Tab | Manifest V3 | 10k | 5 |
| Selective Bookmarks Export Tool | Manifest V3 | 10k | 13 |
| Tabme — Tab & Bookmark Manager | Save, Organize & Sync Tabs | Manifest V3 | 9k | 24 |
| PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator | Local-First, No Login | Manifest V3 | 9k | 58 |
| Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs | Manifest V3 | 7k | 10 |
| DesktopHut Live Wallpapers Tab Pro | Manifest V3 | 7k | 7 |
| Mouse Gesture and Wheel Action | Manifest V3 | 7k | 45 |
| RSS Reader | Manifest V3 | 7k | 35 |
Counts are of extensions we have checked ourselves, not of the whole Chrome Web Store. Chrome's own reference for developers: developer.chrome.com. How we weight permissions