How to Alter a Chrome Extension’s Permissions?
The quick way to alter the permission of a Chrome Extension is to right click on it and hover your mouse on “This can read and change site data” option then select the options according to your need. These options are explained below.
When you click the extension
If you choose this option, the extension will not be able to see any data on any website. To allow it to access the information on a site you have to click on the extension. Then it will be able to access the data on the current tab website. This option is helpful in reducing the system resource usage as well as protecting your confidential information.On {a Website}
If you want the extension to work only on a particular website, then choose this option. The extension will be able to read and change data on the website that you opened in the current tab. It will not work on other websites.On all sites
This is the default option. If you choose this option, the extension can read and change the data on every website that you open. Meaning, it will do the desired job on all sites in every tab. Besides these options, you can furthermore customize the permissions on the Extension page. Follow below guidelines to do that.How to Customize the Extension Permissions on Chrome?
If you want an extension to run on particular websites, then you can add the list on the extension page. Click on the Menu button, hover your mouse on More tools, then click on Extensions.




How will this Feature help you?
Well, if you are like me who has almost half a dozen of extensions in the Chrome, then it is going to help you a lot. When you open a new website, all these extensions starts working on that websites; they consume RAM and Processor to do the desired job. When you open a few more tabs, you will feel it. Your PC becomes sluggish and unresponsive. Now you can enable a particular extension when you want it to do the job. It will not consume the resources on the websites that you don’t want the extension to run. If you are experiencing an adware problem then check – How to remove Adware from Google Chrome.
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