PixelBlock

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

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.

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

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 something and they don't want it refreshed? You are adding a new broad permission for a UX downgrade. Considering this extension is meant to help with privacy, asking all users to accept this kind of permission seems a bit backwards. Please reconsider EDIT: Updated review after the latest update reverts the change

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

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

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

Awesome, please update!

Works great!

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. :(

Great app, and one of the few where the developer makes an honest effort to update it. Highly recommend it.

Not working. I have this extension installed, and I've just received an email from a colleague in which it is clearly said "Remitente notificado con Mailtrack" ("sender notified with Mailtrack")

Works like a charm. Thanks.

01/20/2024: WELL, Omar??? 12/15: NOPE. Pixelblock does NOT successfully BLOCK the Mailtrack for Gmail tracker! Protonmail DOES. I would rather rely on your extension and unsure why you would say it was "fixed". Maybe you assumed so but didn't test it. Get it working and I will gladly go to 4/5 stars. Thanks for your efforts. 12/7: The blocked red eye icon finally reappeared for the last month or so, ONLY to disappear today with the Chrome update. Please fix and thanks! 12/13: THANKS OMAR! *BUT* Pixelblock does NOT block MAILTRACK for GMAIL (mailtrack.io)? What's up with that? Should I know of this limitation already? The "red eye" leads me (and others) to believe that not only was a pixel or pic blocked, but that the *TRACKING* pixel was blocked. Can you recommend another extension that can block Mailtrack tracking?

Images are back when authorized, but the 'eye' icon is still not displayed. Please fix this. Thank you very much. (In the meantime, I grant this extension five stars, as it is useful when it works properly).

Blocks all images in Gmail now. Abandoned by developer. Was great while it lasted.

Used it for years, Now images are being blocked even when they are allowed, have to disable it to see images at all now.

Outdated, icon not showing up anymore and all images in emails are blocked

Echoing others. Used to be great (5 stars). Worked effectively for years. It now blocks ALL IMAGES in Gmail. I had to disable it. I hope they fix it.

Used to be a good extension. Now it breaks all images in Gmail. Nice fail, been using for years and now it's junk.

Still blocks images so still prevents the sender from knowing when you open their emails. However the option to "Allow images below" doesn't seem to work anymore. It looks like it was last updated in April 2019. I have used this extension for years and loved it but I would like to be able to Allow some emails to display their images. I'm leaving it installed and hope the creator comes back and updates the code. Thanks for the years of service @omar.w.qureshi