Is Re-newtab safe?
Most notable: manage other extensions, full browsing history.
This extension has not been updated in 28 months. Unmaintained extensions keep whatever permissions they were granted, and security fixes stop arriving.
What it can access (13 permissions)
Read from the extension’s own manifest. These describe what it is technically able to do — not what it does do.
- Manage other extensionshigh
List, disable, or uninstall your other extensions.
- Full browsing historyhigh
Read and delete the full record of sites you have visited.
- Manage downloadsmedium
Start downloads and read your download history.
- Tab informationmedium
See the URL and title of every tab you have open.
- Account identitymedium
Obtain OAuth tokens tied to your signed-in account.
- topSiteslow
No documented elevated capability.
- sessionslow
No documented elevated capability.
- downloads.openlow
No documented elevated capability.
- bookmarkslow
No documented elevated capability.
- faviconlow
No documented elevated capability.
- Local storagelow
Store its own settings and data locally.
- Unlimited local storagelow
Store data locally without the normal quota.
- searchlow
No documented elevated capability.
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Claim this extensionData read from the Chrome Web Store listing on 2026-09-16. Install counts are the store’s own rounded buckets. Permission descriptions are derived from the extension’s published manifest. This page describes capabilities, and is not an accusation of misuse.