---
title: "Grayscale Favicons – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "287 users, rated 4.00 by 2 people. Version 0.5, updated 2024-11-05. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe"
---

# Grayscale Favicons

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 287
- Rating: 4.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 03:02 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #43,056 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #12,422 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Desaturates the icons in your tabs.

- Extension ID: `ihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe`
- Developer: [Adam Schwartz](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u129b6038d4466b59ca567c5dc3944fe1)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2024-11-05
- Last updated: 2024-11-05
- Version: `0.5`
- Size: 22.52 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `adamschwartz.co`
- Support page: `https://github.com/adamschwartz/chrome-grayscale-favicons`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/grayscale-favicons/ihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 287 | 4.00 | 2 |

## 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.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [New Tab](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/adcpijkmbecohfalcbafjgadfnpchhlg) | 30,000 | 3.62 | 170 | Functionality & UI |
| [Desaturate Favicons](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dkenplobjcbiljmfbgpbpaboipfgpcbm) | 1,000 | 4.06 | 18 | Functionality & UI |

All 3 extensions by [Adam Schwartz](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u129b6038d4466b59ca567c5dc3944fe1).

## 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 2026-09-27 03:02 UTC; next check around 2026-10-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Grayscale Favicons” (ihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ihfffjklkjmoeaejloamobkmkobcifpe. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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

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