# Minimal Consent

> Minimal Consent automatically ensures that only functional cookies are dropped and thereby blocks annoying cookie banners.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/minimal-consent](https://chrome-stats.com/d/minimal-consent)

## Overview

- **ID:** `minimal-consent`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Minimal Consent
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1,116
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 2.28 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2020-06-07
- **First published:** 2020-02-02
- **Size:** 121 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/minimal-consent/)
- **Website:** [https://www.minimal-consent.com](https://www.minimal-consent.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/minimal-consent/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/minimal-consent/privacy/)

## Description

Minimal Consent is a Chrome extension designed to protect your privacy by automatically managing cookie consents in compliance with GDPR regulations. It accepts only essential functional cookies and blocks tracking and marketing cookies, effectively eliminating annoying cookie banners on websites. This results in a seamless browsing experience without interruptions.

The extension continually improves its compatibility with numerous websites and allows users to report sites to enhance its effectiveness. Minimal Consent ensures users maintain control over their personal data with minimal effort, making online navigation faster and more private.

## Rankings

- #3,102 — Overall
- #24 — concert
- #81 — tons
- #95 — function
- #130 — animal
- #151 — answer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `https://europe-west1-minimal-consent-chrome-ext.cloudfunctions.net/`

### 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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## Review summary

### Pros

- Effectively blocks cookie banners on many sites.
- Eliminates annoying cookie consent pop-ups.
- Allows only strictly necessary cookies.

### Cons

- Not updated recently; appears abandoned.
- Does not work on a significant number of sites.
- Slows down browser performance on certain sites.

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