---
title: "Detect Zero-Width Characters – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "583 users, rated 4.20 by 5 people. Version 0.0.4, updated 2023-11-01. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib"
---

# Detect Zero-Width Characters

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 583
- Rating: 4.20 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-21 03:28 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +36 (+6.6%)
- Rank by users: #31,958 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #593 of 5,693

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Detects zero-width characters, highlights the characters and containing DOM element, and allows sanitization and copying of text.

- Extension ID: `icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib`
- Developer: [royaltonpatrick](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7f018c7c015f6376a5f86c0b9827e223)
- 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: 2018-04-04
- Last updated: 2023-11-01
- Version: `0.0.4`
- Size: 29.88 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/detect-zero-width-charact/icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-21 | 583 | 4.20 | 5 |
| 2026-09-27 | 547 | 4.20 | 5 |

## 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 where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu

## 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 2026-10-21 03:28 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Detect Zero-Width Characters” (icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib,
  title   = {Detect Zero-Width Characters (icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/icibkhaehdofmcbfjfpppogioidkilib},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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