---
title: "PDF Downloader – Save Any PDF, No Download Button Needed – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "192 users, rated 3.40 by 5 people. Version 1.0.6, updated 2026-11-12. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak"
---

# PDF Downloader – Save Any PDF, No Download Button Needed

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 192
- Rating: 3.40 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 05:42 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: +26
- Users gained in 30 days: +71 (+58.7%)
- Rank by users: #51,883 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #15,846 of 115,641

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Detect and save any PDF on any webpage—even embedded, protected, or hidden ones. Download with one click, no signup needed.

- Extension ID: `hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak`
- Developer: [aarohan567](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uaff3b70f9f05150daac30592086d2d0e)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-06-18
- Last updated: 2026-11-12
- Version: `1.0.6`
- Size: 595 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `tailsgate.com`
- Support page: `https://tailsgate.com/pdf-downloader/support`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pdf-downloader-%E2%80%93-save-any/hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-12 | 192 | 3.40 | 5 |
| 2026-11-07 | 188 | 2.33 | 3 |
| 2026-11-01 | 166 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-01 | 121 | – | – |
| 2026-09-27 | 119 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-12: New version `1.0.6`, replacing `1.0.4`.
- 2026-11-07: New version `1.0.4`, replacing `1.0.1`.
- 2026-11-07: The developer's display name changed from “None” to “aarohan567”.

## 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

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `downloads`: Manage your downloads
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Claude Project Downloader: Download Project Files & Export Chats to PDF](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/leinefcadopiegfdgjddoilofknckkgh) | 6,000 | 4.89 | 19 | Tools |
| [TrickleType: Auto Typer for Google Docs](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oemlgmejkpfbcmfbpphhhogpfpdkhkdp) | 940 | 4.33 | 6 | Tools |
| [SaveAs - Image as PNG,JPG,WebP,PDF](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hippoifhmcfaplbpambefjkekldcmodk) | 711 | 5.00 | 3 | Tools |
| [Claude Usage Meter — Limits & Chat Export](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/colklnnimabdkihcbolgdjajnmkbnibd) | 526 | 4.11 | 9 | Tools |
| [Research Access Helper (RAH)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ijeoplckaddgiakokpoocneplhaklkmp) | 33 | 5.00 | 4 | Education |
| [KillSlop: Hide AI Slop on YouTube, X and LinkedIn](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mcbeejjjenhkepadpcogblpiehmlidfl) | 22 | 5.00 | 1 | Tools |
| [Discord Message Deleter – Delete All DMs & Messages](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aeccdnobnfflmcblcjfdakjhncakaohf) | 13 | 5.00 | 2 | Tools |
| [HeaderLock – Modify HTTP Request & Response Headers](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cbebcjkcebhmnflhocncbhknnpdjdgea) | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | Developer Tools |

All 9 extensions by [aarohan567](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uaff3b70f9f05150daac30592086d2d0e).

## 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 2026-11-12 05:42 UTC; next check around 2026-12-10.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “PDF Downloader – Save Any PDF, No Download Button Needed” (hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak,
  title   = {PDF Downloader – Save Any PDF, No Download Button Needed (hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hcefcfminbaecaicmigppommhepbflak},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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