The history permission
An extension holding history can
read and change your browsing history.
We weight it 10 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
- 470
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.7%
- Risk weight
- 10/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 470 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Security | Manifest V3 | 11M | 100 |
| Free Download Manager | Manifest V3 | 3M | 100 |
| Click&Clean | Manifest V3 | 1M | 93 |
| Web Developer | Manifest V3 | 1M | 100 |
| Reddit Enhancement Suite | Manifest V3 | 1M | 42 |
| Glean | Manifest V3 | 700k | 30 |
| Speed Dial [FVD] - New Tab Page, 3D, Sync... | Manifest V3 | 400k | 70 |
| Tab Manager by Workona | Manifest V3 | 200k | 15 |
| Live Start Page - Living Wallpapers | Manifest V3 | 200k | 67 |
| Open incognito tab | Manifest V3 | 200k | 48 |
| Homey: Productivity New Tab | Manifest V3 | 100k | 44 |
| vsHotel | Manifest V3 | 100k | 50 |
| Vimium C - All by Keyboard | Manifest V3 | 90k | 65 |
| WebScannerPro – Online Privacy Essentials | Manifest V3 | 80k | 100 |
| Rewards Search Automator | Manifest V3 | 60k | 78 |
| History Trends Unlimited | Manifest V3 | 60k | 10 |
| CSDN·浏览器助手 | Manifest V3 | 40k | 95 |
| Surfingkeys | Manifest V3 | 30k | 100 |
| ARCON Browser Extension | Manifest V3 | 20k | 100 |
| Flash Copilot - Powered by DeepSeek | Manifest V3 | 10k | 60 |
| BlockP: AI Website, App & Porn Blocker | Manifest V3 | 10k | 45 |
| Microsoft Bing InPrivate | Manifest V3 | 10k | 100 |
| Tabme — Tab & Bookmark Manager | Save, Organize & Sync Tabs | Manifest V3 | 9k | 24 |
| Seismic | Manifest V3 | 9k | 55 |
| Mouse Gesture and Wheel Action | Manifest V3 | 7k | 45 |
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