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The tabs permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding tabs can see the addresses and titles of every tab you have open.

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
13,030
Share of those we have checked
19.4%
Risk weight
5/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 13,030 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Manifest V3 320M 100
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
360 Internet Protection Manifest V3 18M 90
VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Manifest V3 14M 100
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Malwarebytes Browser Guard Manifest V3 11M 100
Online Security Manifest V3 11M 100
NordPass® Password Manager & Digital Vault Manifest V3 8M 78
Avira Browser Safety Manifest V3 7M 100
Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Manifest V3 7M 77
Bitwarden Password Manager Manifest V3 7M 95
Google Keep Chrome Extension Manifest V3 7M 31
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
Urban VPN Proxy Manifest V3 6M 100
Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok Manifest V3 5M 97
Norton Safe Search Manifest V3 5M 70
Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search for Chrome Manifest V3 5M 75
Video Downloader Professional Manifest V3 5M 68
ColorZilla Manifest V3 4M 45
DeepL: translate and write with AI Manifest V3 4M 100
IE Tab Manifest V3 4M 100
Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot Manifest V3 4M 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