---
title: "Unlock News – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "155 users, rated 5.00 by 4 people. Version 1.3, updated 2025-07-02. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik"
---

# Unlock News

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 155
- Rating: 5.00 from 4 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-26 23:53 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #55,505 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #16,724 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> A Chrome extension to unlock news articles by bypassing paywalls and restrictions.

- Extension ID: `dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik`
- Developer: [Easy-Chrome](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2eb96c042bef1744fd7999cbc6a52534)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-07-02
- Last updated: 2025-07-02
- Version: `1.3`
- Size: 1.25 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Privacy policy: `https://unlock-news.tiiny.site/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unlock-news/dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fdimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 155 | 5.00 | 4 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## 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

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Amazon Carpe Diem](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/llkalalapeajlljfbfpmldhicmobnloi) | 13 | – | – | Shopping |

All 2 extensions by [Easy-Chrome](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2eb96c042bef1744fd7999cbc6a52534).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-26 23:53 UTC; next check around 2026-10-15.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Unlock News” (dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik,
  title   = {Unlock News (dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dimmnhogejhglijbdcdmlflemegdaeik},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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