---
title: "Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "10,000 users, rated 4.53 by 124 people. Version 1.0.1, updated 2023-10-03. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh"
---

# Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 10,000
- Rating: 4.53 from 124 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 05:01 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #5,164 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #1,160 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Pause distracting websites before they open. Be mindful and intentional with your browsing using this simple extension.

- Extension ID: `ljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh`
- Developer: [Freedom](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/udcc9ed73aee44a3f318a804005bf4e69)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2019-04-23
- Last updated: 2023-10-03
- Version: `1.0.1`
- Size: 806 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://freedom.to/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pause-stop-mindless-brows/ljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 10,000 | 4.53 | 124 |

## 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

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Limit - Set Limits for Distracting Sites](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/blcdfhbibkkjpfdddnmnmhfgjlicebba) | 60,000 | 4.62 | 807 | Tools |
| [Freedom - Website Blocker for Chrome](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/abdkjmofmjelgafcdffaimhgdgpagmop) | 50,000 | 3.33 | 103 | Tools |
| [Insight - Track and Optimize Your Time Online](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fekofipodopncnlomnghaaebmohagjho) | 8,000 | 4.49 | 49 | Tools |
| [Focus - On Your Work](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ecpkkfgllianigfeoonafccgbfeglmgb) | 4,000 | 4.28 | 32 | Workflow & Planning |

All 5 extensions by [Freedom](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/udcc9ed73aee44a3f318a804005bf4e69).

## 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 05:01 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing” (ljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljfdccdjpfjpfjbpdiihanpodilolofh. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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

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