---
title: "Microsoft WowTab – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "2,000 users, rated 3.48 by 21 people. Version 1.3.177-WOWT05, updated 2024-12-04. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kockmfbhifojdoanfiabkibnhjieblbm"
---

# Microsoft WowTab

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 2,000
- Rating: 3.48 from 21 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #14,553 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #3,608 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> WowTab is a highly customizable new tab extension focused on efficiency enhancement, created by Microsoft.

- Extension ID: `kockmfbhifojdoanfiabkibnhjieblbm`
- Developer: [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0022757b910f1f85e22dde044e5b5868)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2024-02-11
- Last updated: 2024-12-04
- Version: `1.3.177-WOWT05`
- Size: 12.27 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (2): English, 中文（中国）
- Privacy policy: `https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/microsoft-wowtab/kockmfbhifojdoanfiabkibnhjieblbm>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fkockmfbhifojdoanfiabkibnhjieblbm>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 2,000 | 3.48 | 21 |

## 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

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `cookies`: Read and change cookies on the sites it can reach
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `bookmarks`: Read and change your bookmarks
- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit

## 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 04:34 UTC; next check around 2026-09-28.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

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