---
title: "Text Free Browsing – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 4.70 by 37 people. Version 4.3, updated 2025-03-06. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg"
---

# Text Free Browsing

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 4.70 from 37 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 03:19 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #17,733 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Just for Fun: #962 of 9,242

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Hides all text on every website

- Extension ID: `ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg`
- Developer: [Jonas Lund](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u30ef1f066fc00ae77bbce3b0cd1fccef)
- Category: [Lifestyle › Just for Fun](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/fun)
- First published: 2013-01-08
- Last updated: 2025-03-06
- Version: `4.3`
- Size: 14.98 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://www.textfreebrowsing.com/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/text-free-browsing/ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000 | 4.70 | 37 |

## 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

- `*://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*/*`: Every website
- `*://chrome.google.com/webstore*`: chrome.google.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## 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 2026-09-27 03:19 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Text Free Browsing” (ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ioglfbphilinnhdmfbmfljmhemegfcdg. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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

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