# Grayscale Toggle

> Toggle grayscale mode, enjoy renewed willpower

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/grayscale\_toggle](https://chrome-stats.com/d/grayscale_toggle)

## Overview

- **ID:** `grayscale_toggle`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** bwangc
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-03
- **First published:** 2025-12-31
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/grayscale_toggle/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/bwangc/grayscale-toggle/issues](https://github.com/bwangc/grayscale-toggle/issues)

## Description

<ul><li>Defeats your scrolling urges</li><li>Makes videos, thumbnails less distracting</li><li>Filters all websites, not just current page/tab</li><li>Customize settings per webpage</li><li>One-click toggle option</li><li>Intensity slider</li><li>No color flashes when loading pages</li><li>Makes reality look more vivid</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #49,089 — Overall
- #7 — pdf grayscale
- #97 — toggle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `menus`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/grayscale_toggle)