Last updated: 2026-09-19

Privacy Policy

AudioTabs does not collect, transmit, or sell any user data. Everything the extension stores stays on your device.

What AudioTabs stores, and where

All data is saved locally using the browser's chrome.storage.local API, which is private to your browser profile and is never sent to any server operated by AudioTabs or anyone else:

  • Volume levels You set, keyed by tab, by website domain, or by custom group (depending on the control mode you choose in Settings).
  • Custom group names and membership You create in the Group view.
  • Your extension settings (boost mode on/off, control mode, popup layout, whether the support banner is shown).

What AudioTabs accesses, and why

Tabs tabs permission

to read a tab's title, URL, and favicon so the popup can show what you're controlling, and to know which tab a volume change applies to.

All websites host_permissions: <all_urls>

and script injection (scripting permission): AudioTabs needs to run on any page you might play audio or video on, since there's no way to know in advance which sites you will want to control. The injected script only adjusts the volume of <video>/<audio> elements on the page — it does not read, modify, or transmit page content, form data, or browsing history.

Storage storage permission

to save your volume settings locally so they persist between browser sessions, as described above.

Third-party requests

  • Favicon images: the popup displays the favicon of tabs you already have open, loaded directly from those sites — the same way the browser itself already loads favicons for its tab strip.
  • GitHub Sponsors badge: if the support banner is shown (toggle it off anytime in Settings), the popup loads a small badge image from img.shields.io to render it.
  • Brand color list: the top500-brand-gradients.json file used to color the volume UI to match well-known sites’ brand colors ships inside the extension itself and is read locally — it is not fetched over the network.

AudioTabs does not use analytics, telemetry, ads, or any third-party tracking of any kind.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be directed to the extension's support contact listed on its Chrome Web Store page, or through the support page.