The search permission
An extension holding search can
run searches in your default search engine on your behalf.
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
- 1,057
- Share of those we have checked
- 1.6%
- Risk weight
- 0/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 1,057 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Multiple URLs | Manifest V3 | 700k | 0 |
| Magical: Text Expander & Autofill | Manifest V3 | 300k | 85 |
| MYNT: Material You New Tab | Manifest V3 | 200k | 0 |
| Live Start Page - Living Wallpapers | Manifest V3 | 200k | 67 |
| Mouse Tooltip Translator - PDF & Netflix YouTube dual subs | Manifest V3 | 200k | 45 |
| Homey: Productivity New Tab | Manifest V3 | 100k | 44 |
| Vimium C - All by Keyboard | Manifest V3 | 90k | 65 |
| ThemeSong for YouTube Music™ (Enhancer) | Manifest V3 | 50k | 12 |
| FlowMouse - Mouse Gestures | Manifest V3 | 50k | 45 |
| We2新标签页 | Manifest V3 | 50k | 65 |
| Cute Tab - Custom Dashboard | Manifest V3 | 30k | 60 |
| All Best Recipes | Manifest V3 | 20k | 0 |
| 极光Tab-划时代的新标签页 | Manifest V3 | 20k | 97 |
| Nissan Skyline Live Wallpaper New Tab | Manifest V3 | 10k | 2 |
| Freshy Search | Manifest V3 | 10k | 22 |
| Goku Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 10k | 5 |
| Satoru Gojo: Unleash the Power of Jujutsu! Gameograf | Manifest V3 | 10k | 2 |
| Online Search | Manifest V3 | 10k | 0 |
| Travel Backgrounds | Manifest V3 | 10k | 0 |
| Anime Live Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 10k | 2 |
| Easy How To | Manifest V3 | 10k | 0 |
| Watch Movies Online | Manifest V3 | 10k | 0 |
| AppStartTab | Manifest V3 | 9k | 0 |
| One Piece Gear 5 Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 9k | 5 |
| Cute Dogs & Puppies Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 9k | 5 |
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