---
title: "Neat URL – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "5,000 users, rated 3.62 by 61 people. Version 2026.10.24, updated 2026-10-26. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco"
---

# Neat URL

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 5,000
- Rating: 3.62 from 61 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-10 09:50 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −5,000 (-50.0%)
- Rank by users: #10,132 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #275 of 5,693

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Remove garbage from URLs.

- Extension ID: `jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco`
- Developer: [Geoffrey De Belie](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u04391feac449960463be11949699427f)
- 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: 2018-05-25
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Version: `2026.10.24`
- Size: 141 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 121
- Languages (16): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands, Türkçe, español, français, italiano, polski, português (Brasil), русский, українська, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Support page: `https://github.com/Smile4ever/Neat-URL`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/neat-url/jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-10 | 5,000 | 3.62 | 61 |
| 2026-11-03 | 5,000 | 3.62 | 61 |
| 2026-10-27 | 6,000 | 3.60 | 60 |
| 2026-10-21 | 9,000 | 3.60 | 60 |
| 2026-10-15 | 10,000 | 3.60 | 60 |
| 2026-10-08 | 10,000 | 3.60 | 60 |
| 2026-10-01 | 10,000 | 3.58 | 59 |
| 2026-09-27 | 10,000 | 3.58 | 59 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-27: New version `2026.10.24`, replacing `166.0`.
- 2026-10-27: Renamed from “Linkumori (URLs Cleaner) - formerly Neat URL” to “Neat URL”.
- 2026-10-27: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-27: Added the permission `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`. Removed the permissions `activeTab`, `alarms`, `declarativeNetRequest`, `downloads`, `scripting` and 2 more.
- 2026-10-27: Added the site `<all_urls>`. Removed the sites `http://*/*`, `https://*/*`.
- 2026-10-27: Added the site where it runs scripts `<all_urls>`.
- 2026-10-27: Minimum Chrome version lowered from 121 to 121.
- 2026-10-27: Now listed in 16 languages, from 7.

## 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

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach

## 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 2026-11-10 09:50 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Neat URL” (jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco,
  title   = {Neat URL (jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchobbjgibcahbheicfocecmhocglkco},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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