Extension Permissions

What each permission the Chrome extension requests is for, and what it deliberately does not do.

Required permissions

storage

Save your local settings and download history on your own device.

downloads

Trigger a native browser download when you click the download button.

activeTab

Read the current tab only when you interact with the extension, to detect videos on the page you're viewing.

webRequest

Watch for video CDN requests your browser already makes while browsing X, so a detected video can be downloaded without re-fetching the page.

scripting

Inject the download button and video-detection logic into X pages you visit.

Optional permissions

Host access for our other sites (youtubedownloader.win, instagramvideodownload.net, tiktokdownloader.win) is requested on demand, only if you paste a link from one of those platforms into the extension — never granted automatically.

What it does not do

  • —Does not read or upload your general browsing history.
  • —Does not access pages outside x.com/twitter.com unless you explicitly trigger an optional permission.
  • —Does not send page content anywhere except the video URL needed to complete a download you requested.