Reject Service Worker

Reject the service worker.

Reject Service Worker - Chrome Extension

Reject Service Worker is a Chrome extension that denies automatic registration of service workers. It unregisters service workers that have already been registered before the extension was introduced. Whitelisting domains allows selective registration of service workers.

Extension stats

Users: 6,000+
Rating: 4.33
(9)
Version: 0.9.0 (Last updated: 2024-03-25)
Creation date: 2020-04-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 31.25K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Reject Service Worker (v0.9.0)
4.67 (3) 80
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension will deny automatic registration of service workers. Service workers who have already registered before the extension was introduced will be unregistered when they visit your site for the first time after the extension was introduced. If you want to allow service workers to register on some of your sites, you can add the domain name to the whitelist so that the service workers will not be denied registration.

User reviews

Does what it says it does. Finally some end to the service worker garbage.
by Sebi Sebimm, 2024-03-27

Doesn't seem to do exactly what it says. I still get service workers installed on regular basis.
by Max A, 2022-11-09

Nice concept (whitelisting) and works good. One but huge flaw is an absence of ANY indication of Service Workers presence.
by Vitaliy Romanyuk, 2022-04-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Reject Service Worker requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Reject Service Worker is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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