Is Url Shortener for Google Chrome™ safe?

Clean risk

This extension shortens the current page or a pasted link and can generate a QR code for the URL.

Clicking the extension icon lets you create a TinyURL short link for the page you are viewing or for a URL you paste into its textbox. It can automatically copy the shortened URL to the clipboard and includes a light/dark theme switcher.

Free Software Helpv3.0.0Chrome Web Store
0Risk
Who publishes it

Free Software Help - 1 other listing 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
Free Software Help

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 300k+ 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 3.0.0. 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 chart.googleapis.com

    https://chart.googleapis.com/*

  • Read and change your data on tinyurl.com

    https://tinyurl.com/*

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Url Shortener for Google Chrome™ 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.

  • TinyURL

    Url Shortener for Google Chrome™ sends data to TinyURL. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026aacgdipdhmilcpcpbdcloifondogabco