---
title: "AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "500,000 users, rated 3.33 by 3,524 people. Version 2.12.0.3, updated 2026-10-29. Requests 12 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje"
---

# AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 500,000
- Rating: 3.33 from 3,524 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 18:37 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #448 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #42 of 5,693

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Use AdGuard VPN to surf the Internet fast, safely, and securely. Protect your privacy and stay anonymous with our private VPN proxy.

- Extension ID: `hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje`
- Developer: [Adguard Software Limited](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u63f06aecfdc45d32c13ccc24f56c3d2d)
- 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: 2019-08-09
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Version: `2.12.0.3`
- Size: 4.83 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 109
- Languages (39): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Melayu, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, català, dansk, español, français, hrvatski, italiano, lietuvių, magyar, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), português (Portugal), română, slovenčina, slovenščina, suomi, svenska, čeština, Ελληνικά, български, македонски, русский, српски, українська, հայերեն, עברית, العربية, فارسی, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `adguard-vpn.com`
- Support page: `https://adguard-vpn.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adguard-vpn-free-secure-p/hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-06 | 500,000 | 3.33 | 3,524 |
| 2026-10-30 | 500,000 | 3.37 | 3,516 |
| 2026-10-23 | 500,000 | 3.36 | 3,516 |
| 2026-10-16 | 500,000 | 3.30 | 3,511 |
| 2026-10-08 | 500,000 | 4.09 | 3,501 |
| 2026-10-02 | 500,000 | 4.10 | 3,493 |
| 2026-09-27 | 500,000 | 4.10 | 3,491 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-30: New version `2.12.0.3`, replacing `2.11.1`.

## 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

- `browsingData`: Clear your browsing data
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `management`: Manage your other extensions and apps
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `privacy`: Change privacy settings
- `proxy`: Send your traffic through a proxy
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit
- `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 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [AdGuard AdBlocker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bgnkhhnnamicmpeenaelnjfhikgbkllg) | 17,000,000 | 4.45 | 69,104 | Privacy & Security |
| [AdGuard Extra](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gkeojjjcdcopjkbelgbcpckplegclfeg) | 300,000 | 3.92 | 171 | Workflow & Planning |
| [AdGuard AdBlocker (Beta)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/apjcbfpjihpedihablmalmbbhjpklbdf) | 100,000 | 3.89 | 209 | Privacy & Security |
| [AdGuard Extra (Beta)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mglpocjcjbekdckiahfhagndealpkpbj) | 90,000 | 4.27 | 150 | Workflow & Planning |
| [AdGuard VPN Beta](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kfjjacionkafnmnjhdghdfoinihnijgn) | 4,000 | 4.15 | 46 | Privacy & Security |

All 6 extensions by [Adguard Software Limited](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u63f06aecfdc45d32c13ccc24f56c3d2d).

## 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 2026-11-06 18:37 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy” (hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje,
  title   = {AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy (hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hhdobjgopfphlmjbmnpglhfcgppchgje},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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