---
title: "PureVPN Proxy - Best VPN for Chrome – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "300,000 users, rated 2.02 by 4,071 people. Version 4.37.12, updated 2026-10-05. Requests 12 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp"
---

# PureVPN Proxy - Best VPN for Chrome

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 300,000
- Rating: 2.02 from 4,071 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-08 20:33 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #631 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #58 of 5,693

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> A VPN extension that helps you hide your information, access restricted content and browse the internet at fast speeds.

- Extension ID: `bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp`
- Developer: [PureVPN](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u64664897d9f860687b00d4fc4a9890b0)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Privacy & Security](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/privacy)
- First published: 2017-03-22
- Last updated: 2026-10-05
- Version: `4.37.12`
- Size: 5.38 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 108
- Languages (16): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, dansk, español, français, italiano, português (Portugal), русский, فارسی, 中文（中国）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `https://www.purevpn.com/`
- Support page: `https://support.purevpn.com/purevpn-chrome-extension`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/purevpn-proxy-best-vpn-fo/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-08 | 300,000 | 2.02 | 4,071 |
| 2026-11-02 | 300,000 | 2.02 | 4,062 |
| 2026-10-26 | 300,000 | 2.02 | 4,058 |
| 2026-10-19 | 300,000 | 1.98 | 4,048 |
| 2026-10-12 | 300,000 | 4.03 | 4,047 |
| 2026-10-06 | 300,000 | 4.03 | 4,044 |
| 2026-10-01 | 300,000 | 4.03 | 4,039 |
| 2026-09-26 | 300,000 | 4.03 | 4,039 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-06: New version `4.37.12`, replacing `4.37.11`.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `identity`: Sign you in with your Google account
- `management`: Manage your other extensions and apps
- `privacy`: Change privacy settings
- `proxy`: Send your traffic through a proxy
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach
- `webRequestAuthProvider`: Answer sign-in prompts from sites

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Ad Blocker by PureVPN - Block Pop-ups, Banners & Video Ads](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbelimcagcjlkalkailglencmaikecld) | 900 | 4.33 | 6 | Privacy & Security |
| [IP Per Tab by PureVPN - Give Unique Residential IP to Every Tab](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ggbdmojajkjkknjdhnpkiiefmgcmgcgn) | 457 | 4.75 | 20 | Privacy & Security |

All 3 extensions by [PureVPN](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u64664897d9f860687b00d4fc4a9890b0).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-08 20:33 UTC; next check around 2026-11-15.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “PureVPN Proxy - Best VPN for Chrome” (bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp,
  title   = {PureVPN Proxy - Best VPN for Chrome (bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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