---
title: "Stop Animations – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7,000 users, rated 3.15 by 110 people. Version 2.00, updated 2023-01-03. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda"
---

# Stop Animations

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7,000
- Rating: 3.15 from 110 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-10 21:39 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: −1,000
- Users gained in 30 days: −1,000 (-12.5%)
- Rank by users: #8,681 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Accessibility: #518 of 8,374

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Stops distracting animations.

- Extension ID: `gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda`
- Developer: [craig.francis](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u26f5f993dec7151518281ee9f1daaaf4)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/accessibility)
- First published: 2011-03-24
- Last updated: 2023-01-03
- Version: `2.00`
- Size: 382 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `http://www.craigfrancis.co.uk/`
- Support page: `https://github.com/craigfrancis/stop-animations/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stop-animations/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-10 | 7,000 | 3.15 | 110 |
| 2026-11-03 | 8,000 | 3.15 | 110 |
| 2026-10-27 | 8,000 | 3.15 | 110 |
| 2026-10-20 | 8,000 | 3.15 | 110 |
| 2026-10-13 | 8,000 | 3.04 | 110 |
| 2026-10-06 | 8,000 | 3.04 | 110 |
| 2026-09-29 | 7,000 | 3.04 | 110 |
| 2026-09-27 | 7,000 | 3.04 | 110 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## 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 2026-09-27.

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

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Dev Headers](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gjfaoldcikappkiagjapllkfcfogobmb) | 20 | – | – | Developer Tools |

All 2 extensions by [craig.francis](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u26f5f993dec7151518281ee9f1daaaf4).

## 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 2026-11-10 21:39 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Stop Animations” (gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda,
  title   = {Stop Animations (gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gemmknjnneiojfjelmgappppbaneikda},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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