# AI OffSwitch for WhatsApp™ Web

> Automates enabling the 'Advanced Chat Privacy' feature for all chats on WhatsApp™ Web.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-offswitch](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-offswitch)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ai-offswitch`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AI Off Switch
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-15
- **First published:** 2025-08-12
- **Size:** 33 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-offswitch/)
- **Website:** [https://www.aioffswitch.com](https://www.aioffswitch.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-offswitch/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-offswitch/privacy/)

## Description

Enable Advanced Chat Privacy across your WhatsApp™ Web chats with one tool. Runs entirely in your browser and never exports your data.

Why?
- Without enabling Advanced Chat Privacy, Meta AI can in some cases use part of your  WhatsApp™ messages if users feed it into Meta AI.
- Without this extension you will have to enable Advanced Chat Privacy seperately for all of your chats.
- AI Offswitch automatically switches on Advanced Chat Privacy for the first 15-20 latest chats.

Key features
- Automates privacy toggles per chat
- Non-destructive: only enables, never disables
- Human-like navigation with robust selectors
- Optional notifications after enabling
- Respects unread states where possible

How it works
- Runs on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/77a8f01b7b786d868a6f7e344e7a4b2f345bce473952c84d5992fc5ae20e6a33/http%3A//web.whatsapp.com" rel="nofollow">web.whatsapp.com</a> only
- Opens each chat → Contact Info → Advanced Chat Privacy → enables if off

Privacy and security
- All processing happens locally in your browser
- We do not send messages, contacts, or chat contents to our servers
- We do not collect personal data
- The extension declares the storage permission only for simple, non-personal preferences (settings). We do not store chats or chat content.

Permissions
- Host: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/88b9371ed9e343e8aee780d3432efb63ac6a899b3d193e46869950802f5e720d/https%3A//web.whatsapp.com/%2A" rel="nofollow">https://web.whatsapp.com/*</a>
- storage: preferences only; no chat content is stored

Notes and limitations
- Beta: focuses on the first set of visible chats

Legal
- IMPORTANT: This app is not affiliated to or endorsed by WhatsApp™.
- WhatsApp™ is a trademark of WhatsApp LLC.

## Rankings

- #45,181 — Overall
- #77 — whatsapp

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://web.whatsapp.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `web.whatsapp.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: whatsapp.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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