Last updated: 2026-08-03
Ben's Tab Sorter is a Chrome extension that sorts, groups, and manages the tabs in your own browser. This policy covers what it does and does not do with your data.
To do its job, the extension reads the following, only for tabs open in your own browser:
- Tab URLs and titles (to determine sort order and group tabs by domain)
- Tab position, pinned state, and tab group membership (to reorder and group tabs)
The extension temporarily stores one thing: a snapshot of tab order,
created right before a sort, so that "Undo last sort" can restore it. This
is stored using Chrome's chrome.storage.session API, which:
- Never leaves your device
- Is never transmitted anywhere
- Is automatically cleared when you close your browser
- Is overwritten by the next sort (only the most recent snapshot is kept)
- It does not send any data over the network. The extension makes no network requests of any kind — it has no server, no analytics, no telemetry, and no third-party integrations.
- It does not collect, store persistently, sell, or share browsing data, tab contents, or any other information with anyone.
- It does not use cookies or any tracking technology.
This is independently enforced, not just a claim: every code change to this
extension is automatically checked by an automated script that fails the
build if any network-capable API (fetch, XMLHttpRequest, WebSocket,
etc.) is ever introduced into the extension's source.
tabs— read tab URLs/titles, move and query tabs (sorting, undoing a sort, grouping)storage— the undo snapshot described above (local only, see above)tabGroups— set the name of a tab group created by the "group by domain" actioncontextMenus— add the right-click menu on the extension's toolbar icon
No host_permissions are requested, and none are needed.
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will change accordingly.
Questions about this extension or this policy: m253ou@gmail.com