# Privacy Mode Timer

> Automatically enables private browsing during scheduled time periods.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-mode-timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-mode-timer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `privacy-mode-timer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Paul Brown
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-06
- **First published:** 2025-09-03
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-mode-timer/)

## Description

🔒 Privacy Mode Timer helps users stay secure and distraction-free by automatically switching to private browsing mode based on a custom time schedule.

Whether you want to block distractions, enhance privacy during late hours, or schedule work-specific browsing windows, this extension ensures your private tabs are opened only when needed — and can auto-close them after inactivity.

✅ Features:

⏰ Schedule browser to open private tabs during specific time blocks (e.g., 8 PM–11 PM).

🛑 Auto-close inactive private tabs after X minutes.

🔔 Optional alerts before opening or closing private tabs.

📋 Overview of active privacy sessions and upcoming scheduled switches.

🧠 Works even if the browser is left idle or minimized.

## Rankings

- #66,559 — Overall
- #117 — data privacy
- #144 — privacy
- #175 — timer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `notifications`

### Host permissions

- `<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/privacy-mode-timer)