ExtensionSunset

The notifications permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding notifications can show you desktop notifications.

We give it no weight when scoring how much an extension can reach: on its own it exposes nothing about you.

Extensions we track using it
4,593
Share of those we have checked
6.8%
Risk weight
0/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 4,593 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
AdBlock — block ads across the web Manifest V3 61M 70
Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App Manifest V3 38M 79
Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Manifest V3 38M 70
VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Manifest V3 14M 100
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Online Security Manifest V3 11M 100
Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Manifest V3 7M 77
Bitwarden Password Manager Manifest V3 7M 95
WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease Manifest V3 6M 100
Quillbot: AI Writing Assistant with Humanizer, Paraphraser & AI Detector Manifest V3 5M 70
Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome Manifest V3 5M 75
Custom Cursor for Chrome™ Manifest V3 5M 40
BTRoblox - Making Roblox Better Manifest V3 4M 14
Mailtrack® – Email Tracker for Gmail Manifest V3 3M 12
Ad Blocker: Stands AdBlocker Manifest V3 3M 45
Microsoft Bing Search with Rewards Manifest V3 3M 85
Free Download Manager Manifest V3 3M 100
Evernote Web Clipper Manifest V3 2M 75
RoPro - Enhance Your Roblox Experience Manifest V3 2M 10
Free VPN For Chrome - VPN Extension - Windscribe Manifest V3 2M 100
Smallpdf—Edit, Convert, Compress, & AI Summarize PDF Manifest V3 2M 30
Buyhatke: Price History & Tracker, Spend Lens Manifest V3 1M 90
Checker Plus for Gmail™ Manifest V3 1M 31
Cashback service LetyShops Manifest V3 1M 60
OrangeMonkey Manifest V3 1M 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