Privacy Cleaner

Protect Your Personal Information - Get Real time alerts when apps access your information and files
What is Privacy Cleaner?
Privacy Cleaner is a Chrome extension providing a powerful solution for online data protection. This extension auto-scans your connected apps to identify potential privacy breaches, allowing you to approve, report, or remove them. With real-time alerts and comprehensive control over app permissions, you can stay secure in the knowledge that your personal data remains personal.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.12 (83)
Version: 4.1.3 (Last updated: 2020-08-11)
Creation date: 2020-04-01
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
  • notifications
  • cookies
Size: 8.20M

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Extension summary

Do you know how many apps and services have permission to access your private info? What about often those services access your data? Use MyPermissions to find out and regain control of your privacy!

MyPermissions is a free, powerful way to scan, track and control how applications access your personal information online. Know what apps you’ve connected to - and approve, remove or report them.

✔ Automatically scan your major online accounts to see what apps have access to your personal data ✔ Filter through your apps based on permission types ✔ Clear your apps' permissions in one click ✔ 24/7 Protection - get alerts when apps gain access to your private info, and confirm your authorization or revoke them immediately ✔ Stay worry-free knowing that MyPermissions doesn't retain any of your personal data -- all of your's stays within your accounts!

How does it work?

  • Simply download our extension for your browser and select the accounts you'd like to scan. We'll take care of the rest by scanning your account for external connections and give you a report on what apps or webpages have permissions to do what kind of activities.
  • Need to enter your credentials? No worries! We don't keep ANY of your personal data (we promise!) -- we'll direct you to the account's home website and you'll enter your information into their server

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps identify apps and sites connected to Google and Facebook accounts
  • Some users found it previously useful
  • Convenient for checking permissions periodically
Cons
  • Extension no longer functions properly
  • Redirects to a non-working website
  • High CPU usage leading to overheating
  • Inability to disconnect apps as claimed
  • Frequent reports of the extension being slow or buggy
Most mentioned
  • Does not work anymore
  • Redirects to a broken website
  • High CPU usage
  • Inability to disconnect apps
  • Used to be great but stopped functioning
Recent reviews
Desactualizadísimo, ya no funciona para nada, y ni se molestan en actualizarla, te piden dinero para probar suerte con la app (que tampoco funciona, sorpresa)
by Bruno, 2022-02-18

DON'T BOTHER WITH FAKE OR OLD REVIEWS MY REVIEW IS CURRENT AS OF 2021-08-26 Privacy Cleaner Offered by: mypermissions.com 82 Social & Communication 20,000+ users Version 4.1.3 Updated August 11, 2020 Size 7.82MiB Language English (United States) Developer Contact the developer Privacy Policy Aluf Kalman Magen 3 Tel Aviv 6107075 Israel https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-cleaner/liiikhhbkpmpomjmdofandjmdgapiahi/ This extension claims to scan your social media networks Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Dropbox, Yahoo Want to know what does NOT work? THIS STUPID Chrome Extension AND the NON working website it ONLY redirects you to! http://www.mypermissions.com/ https://web.mypermissions.com/scanner https://web.mypermissions.com/scanner?ev=4.1.3 There are currently no apps requiring review for this service IMMEDIATE Uninstall! AND Reported to Google! It's WORTHLESS Chrome Extensions & Apps like this that are basically a bookmark to a URL (website/webpage) that you can just do yourself. WORSE yet the website doesn't work either! GARBAGE Want to know what works? Google https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions Facebook https://www.facebook.com/privacy https://www.facebook.com/privacy/checkup/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ Twitter https://twitter.com/login Yahoo https://login.yahoo.com/?done=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.yahoo.com%2Faccount%2Factivity&src=mc Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/login
by ce ce, 2021-08-26

Does Not work, says it removes apps, then they come back straight away. Useless and deceptive app
by Mark Huggett, 2021-05-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Privacy Cleaner requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Privacy Cleaner has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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