---
title: "MSN New Tab – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "500,000 users, rated 3.92 by 199 people. Version 2.8.0.2, updated 2025-01-29. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl"
---

# MSN New Tab

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 500,000
- Rating: 3.92 from 199 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 05:04 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #458 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #157 of 44,474

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Add the MSN New Tab for quick access to the latest news, your most visited sites, web search and more.

- Extension ID: `lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl`
- Developer: [Microsoft Corporation](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufb97e85219cac7bc40a5427e3bb192e6)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2018-04-20
- Last updated: 2025-01-29
- Version: `2.8.0.2`
- Size: 1.24 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (27): Deutsch, English, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Indonesia, Nederlands, Türkçe, dansk, español, español (Latinoamérica), français, italiano, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), português (Portugal), suomi, svenska, Ελληνικά, русский, עברית, العربية, ไทย, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Privacy policy: `https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/msn-new-tab/lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Flklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 500,000 | 3.92 | 199 |

## 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.

### Sites

- `https://*.microsoft.com/*`: microsoft.com and its subdomains
- `https://*.msn.com/*`: msn.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://*.msn.com/*`: msn.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `cookies`: Read and change cookies on the sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Microsoft Defender Browser Protection](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml) | 2,000,000 | 4.15 | 629 | Workflow & Planning |
| [MSN + Bing for Chrome](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhikancdgcieieaapcjmbpjflikjgkpn) | 1,000,000 | 4.12 | 90 | Tools |
| [Microsoft Solitaire Collection with Search](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/acehchockcmgigjilbjhecnepiohkfld) | 100,000 | 3.69 | 51 | Just for Fun |

All 4 extensions by [Microsoft Corporation](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufb97e85219cac7bc40a5427e3bb192e6).

## 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 05:04 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “MSN New Tab” (lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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

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