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The cookies permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding cookies can read and change cookies for the sites it has access to, including the ones that keep you signed in.

We weight it 15 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
2,532
Share of those we have checked
3.8%
Risk weight
15/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 2,532 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Manifest V3 320M 100
Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App Manifest V3 38M 79
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Online Security Manifest V3 11M 100
Loom – Screen Recorder & Screen Capture Manifest V3 8M 100
Avira Browser Safety Manifest V3 7M 100
WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease Manifest V3 6M 100
AnyDoc Translator - Translate Web and PDF Manifest V3 6M 95
Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok Manifest V3 5M 97
Quillbot: AI Writing Assistant with Humanizer, Paraphraser & AI Detector Manifest V3 5M 70
Save to Pinterest Manifest V3 5M 60
Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome Manifest V3 5M 75
Keepa - Amazon Price Tracker Manifest V3 4M 42
DeepL: translate and write with AI Manifest V3 4M 100
IE Tab Manifest V3 4M 100
Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot Manifest V3 4M 100
vidIQ Vision for YouTube Manifest V3 3M 60
Coupert - Automatic Coupon Finder & Cashback Manifest V3 3M 89
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection Manifest V3 3M 100
Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards Manifest V3 3M 85
Free Download Manager Manifest V3 3M 100
Bitmoji Manifest V3 2M 27
Evernote Web Clipper Manifest V3 2M 75
Ghostery AdBlocker for Privacy Manifest V3 2M 100
AdBlocker Ultimate Manifest V3 2M 100

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