---
title: "Twitter Background Restorer – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 4.35 by 54 people. Version 2.2.0, updated 2024-05-18. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi"
---

# Twitter Background Restorer

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 4.35 from 54 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:33 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #12,549 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Just for Fun: #607 of 9,242

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Restores your own twitter background, instead of the horrible white one.

- Extension ID: `gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi`
- Developer: [Autophagy](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u627c75c2be60216336a4900c1431a6d2)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Lifestyle › Just for Fun](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/fun)
- First published: 2015-09-09
- Last updated: 2024-05-18
- Version: `2.2.0`
- Size: 40.1 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United Kingdom)
- Support page: `https://github.com/Autophagy/twitter-bg-restorer`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/twitter-background-restor/gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fgcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 3,000 | 4.35 | 54 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `http://*.twitter.com/`: twitter.com and its subdomains
- `http://*.x.com/`: x.com and its subdomains
- `https://*.twitter.com/`: twitter.com and its subdomains
- `https://*.x.com/`: x.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://twitter.com/*`: twitter.com
- `http://www.twitter.com/*`: www.twitter.com
- `http://www.x.com/*`: www.x.com
- `http://x.com/*`: x.com
- `https://twitter.com/*`: twitter.com
- `https://www.twitter.com/*`: www.twitter.com
- `https://www.x.com/*`: www.x.com
- `https://x.com/*`: x.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

## 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 2026-09-27 01:33 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Twitter Background Restorer” (gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi,
  title   = {Twitter Background Restorer (gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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