Permissions

Type

An object with these properties:

origins Optional: An array of match patterns, representing host permissions.
permissions Optional: An array of named permissions, including API permissions and clipboard permissions.
data_collection {optional_inline}}: An array of data collection permissions types.

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Firefox for Android	Safari on iOS
`Permissions`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 16 (Release date: 2011-12-13) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 55 (Release date: 2017-08-08) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20) footnote Full support
`data_collection`	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 140 (Release date: 2025-06-24) footnote Full support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 142 (Release date: 2025-08-19) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support

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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.permissions API.

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