Is Google Mail Checker safe?

Clean risk

Shows the unread message count for a Google Mail inbox in the browser toolbar.

This extension displays how many unread messages are in your Google Mail inbox. Clicking its button opens your inbox.

Chrome Developer Relationsv4.4.4Chrome Web Store
0Risk
Who publishes it

Google Ireland, Ltd. - 95 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Chrome Developer Relations
Declared legal entity
Google Ireland, Ltd.
Registered address
Gordon House Barrow Street, Dublin 4 D04 E5W5, IE
Registered contact
Google Ireland, Ltd.

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 700k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.4.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on google.com

    *://*.google.com/

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Schedule its own background tasks

    alarms

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Google Mail Checker contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • Google Mail

    Google Mail Checker sends data to Google Mail. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.

Updated 30 September 2026mihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff