Reviews: PixelBlock

Robert Taylor Jan 28, 2026

Does this work on past emails? How do I know if it's working? I added it to chrome it and it is greyed out in my extensions bar and is not showing the red eye next to the sender's name

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Omar Qureshi Developer Feb 19, 2026

Hi Robert, yep, it'll work on all emails in your gmail inbox, historical or new. The extension being greyed out does not mean it's not working. Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions omar [dot] w [dot] qureshi [at] gmail.com

Ahmed Mohamedeen Nov 25, 2025

Hesitant to enable after the permissions update, probably will not use; I don't see why "Read your browsing history" "Block content on *any* page" is needed.

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Omar Qureshi Developer Dec 1, 2025

new update is just awaiting approval, should be published today (it will remove the "read your browsing history" permission)

Kashmiri Nov 21, 2025

This plugin has been my email friend for years! Thank you very much.

Mark Nov 19, 2025

The new permissions don't make sense. The author states that it is just for refreshing tabs on installation, but I don't think it is a big ask for users to expect that tabs need to be refreshed for extensions to come into effect. For example, if you are installing a new adblocker I don't think people expect that ads will get deleted on any tabs they had open previously. In addition, I don't think it is good UX to force tabs to refresh regardless - what if the user was in the middle of somethi... Show more

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Omar Qureshi Developer Nov 19, 2025

Yes, same thoughts I was having. I plan on removing it. Next release should be tomorrow. update: new update is just awaiting approval, should be published today (it will remove the "read your browsing history" permission)

Ignacio Peluffo Nov 18, 2025

Thanks for your work on this. I liked this extension but the new permissions seem a bit excessive. Can you please clarify why the extension now needs "Read your browsing history" permission? I'm going to uninstall the extension until that's resolved. Thanks

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Omar Qureshi Developer Nov 18, 2025

I added the ability for the extension to auto-refresh the Gmail tabs upon installation and thus Chrome shows that. I can remove it, but users will just need to remember to refresh their Gmail tabs after installing. Update: new update is just awaiting approval, should be published today (it will remove the "read your browsing history" permission)

Chanan Bos Mar 5, 2025

Used this for years, really loved it, I hope it is updated soon so it will work again with Chrome MV3.

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Omar Qureshi Developer Nov 17, 2025

just got around to getting this updated, should be released today or tomorrow.

James Doyle Mar 3, 2025

As of 3rd March, the extension doesn't seem to be compatible with Chrome anymore and has been switched off in my browser.

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Omar Qureshi Developer Nov 17, 2025

just got around to getting this updated, should be released today or tomorrow.

Michael Ruddock Nov 14, 2024

Awesome, please update!

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Omar Qureshi Developer Feb 3, 2025

yes, planning on updating to be compatible with Chrome MV3. Will be released in the coming months.

Pinchas Seidenfeld Sep 26, 2024

Works great!

1 person found this review to be helpful

Guilherme Lopes M. F. Aug 20, 2024

Very good extension! I hope the developer update it's to the manifest v3 (google chrome is very annoying) --- Update: 2025-08-20: Still an amazing extension, waiting to be updated to v3. :pray: 2025-07-11: Still waiting to be compatible with V3, I'm going to start reducing points from now on. :(

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Omar Qureshi Developer Nov 17, 2025

just got around to getting this updated, should be released today or tomorrow.