Permissions Explained
Takt requests only the permissions it needs. Here's what each one does and why.
Required permissions #
These are granted at install time and are necessary for core functionality:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
activeTab |
Read the current tab when you trigger a popup action (e.g. hibernate this tab, create a rule from it) |
tabs |
Read tab URLs and titles to match against your rules |
tabGroups |
Create and manage Chrome tab groups |
storage |
Save your rules, settings, and profiles |
contextMenus |
Right-click "Create rule from this tab" menu item |
scripting |
Inject the duplicate-prevention toast notification |
notifications |
Alert you when tab groups exceed memory budgets |
alarms |
Periodic budget checks and scheduled profile switching |
Optional permissions #
These are requested at runtime only when you enable features that need them:
| Permission | Why | Triggered by |
|---|---|---|
<all_urls> |
Measure per-tab memory and monitor network requests in the resource dashboard. Also enables in-page prompts in Manual automation mode. | Opening the resource dashboard or enabling Manual mode |
webRequest |
Count network requests and detect background activity per tab in the resource dashboard. | Opening the resource dashboard |
system.memory |
Show total system memory in the resource dashboard | Opening the resource dashboard |
identity |
Obtain an OAuth token to read and write Takt's private sync file in your Google Drive App Data folder. No other Drive files are accessed. | Enabling Google Drive Sync |
bookmarks |
Create a "Takt Bookmarks" folder and save a group's tabs as bookmarks. No existing bookmarks are read or modified. | Using "Save group as bookmarks" |
history |
Search your browsing history in Quick Switch (Alt+Shift+Space) and surface frequently-visited domains in rule suggestions. History data is never stored beyond the session or transmitted externally. | Enabling browsing history search |
downloads |
Find your downloaded files in Quick Switch (Alt+Shift+Space). Takt reads file names and download addresses to show the matching results. | Granting it in Settings → Permissions |
How to manage permissions #
Open the Options page and go to Settings. The permissions panel lets you:
- Grant All — grant all optional permissions at once
- Individual toggles — grant or revoke each permission separately
- Revoke All — revoke all optional permissions
- Prompt mode — choose whether Takt asks before requesting a permission ("Ask") or never requests automatically ("Never")
Revoking a permission disables the feature that depends on it. The feature re-enables automatically when the permission is granted again.
What Takt never accesses #
-
Browsing history — unless you explicitly grant the optional
historypermission - Page content or form data
- Personal information (name, email, etc.). If you connect Drive sync, your Google account email is read only to show which account is connected.
- Cookies or authentication tokens
- Analytics or telemetry of any kind from the installed extension
When you uninstall Takt, Chrome opens an optional feedback page on taktabs.com. Its address carries only coarse, anonymous details (version, plan, usage ranges, grouping mode and language), never your browsing data. Your survey answers are sent only if you submit them.
For the full privacy story, see the Privacy Policy.