This policy covers two separate things: the current Chrome extension, and the public Ceryvex website. The extension does not ask you to create an account, and it does not send your browsing data to Ceryvex or to any other service. Website measurement is described separately below and does not change how the extension handles browsing content.
What this product is
Ceryvex — Chrome Cleanup is the Chrome Web Store name for Ceryvex for Chrome, a free extension from Opp Works LLC. You open it from the Chrome toolbar. You can also open the same tools in Chrome’s side panel. From Home you can choose Chrome Cleanup or Memory Helper.
Nothing is removed and no tabs are unloaded when you install the extension, open it, or read Help or About. Chrome Cleanup runs only after you choose Clean selected items. Memory Helper unloads tabs only after you review the eligible count and confirm.
This release is the Chrome extension by itself. It does not include Ceryvex for Windows, and it does not ask you to download or sign in to another product.
Memory Helper
Memory Helper can unload eligible inactive tabs with Chrome’s tab discard feature. Unloaded tabs stay in your tab bar and reload when you open them again. Tabs inactive for at least 30 minutes can be eligible. Active, pinned, audible, already unloaded, loading, and Chrome-protected tabs are left alone.
Ceryvex does not read or send tab titles, website addresses, or browsing history for Memory Helper. It does not detect unsaved forms or active downloads, and it does not claim exact memory savings. Unloading may interrupt unsaved work or background activity; that warning is shown before you confirm.
If an unload is interrupted, Ceryvex does not treat it as successful and does not retry that batch by itself. A small local lock note on this computer can record that an unload may have been interrupted. That note does not store tab titles, website addresses, or browsing history. Acknowledging it only clears the note so you can review again.
What Chrome Cleanup can remove
You can choose one or more of these categories:
- Cached browser files. Temporary copies Chrome keeps so websites can open faster. Downloads and bookmarks are not removed. Chrome may also clear some short-lived temporary caches no matter how old they are.
- Browsing history. The list of websites you visited during the time range you choose. Bookmarks stay. If Chrome sync is on, history from that time range can also be removed from your Google account, and other devices signed in to that account can lose it too. Chrome may also clear some related browser records outside the time range you chose.
- Cookies and site data. Information websites store in Chrome, including sign-in details and saved preferences. Cleaning this may sign you out of websites and remove saved preferences or offline information. Some related website data may be removed even if it is older than the time range you chose. Chrome uses when that data was created or last changed, not only the time of your last visit.
Saved passwords, autofill, bookmarks, and downloads are not removed. The extension does not change Chrome’s settings.
Time range
You choose the last hour, the last 24 hours, the last 7 days, the last 4 weeks, or all time. That range applies to the main records for the categories you select. Chrome may also remove some related browser data that is not limited to that range. The extension shows that before you confirm.
What Ceryvex stores
Ceryvex does not collect, transmit, or sell your browsing history, cookies, tab titles, website addresses, or other browsing data.
For Chrome Cleanup, the extension keeps one short note on your computer so it can tell whether a cleanup finished. Ceryvex keeps only the latest note. Nothing deletes it on a timer. Removing the extension removes it.
That note stores five fields:
- a cleanup id
- the time the cleanup started
- the time-range name you chose
- the category names you chose
- a status: running, finished, failed, unverified, or set aside after you choose Continue
It does not include the sites you visited, web addresses, cookie contents, or a device identifier.
If the extension is interrupted before that result is saved, Ceryvex does not guess that the cleanup succeeded and does not run it again by itself. Chrome may still be finishing that cleanup, and Chrome does not give the extension a way to look up the final result. The extension tells you the result cannot be verified. Continue means you are ready to move on. It does not remove data and it does not mean the earlier cleanup succeeded.
The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. This extension does not receive browsing history, cookie contents, or page content from those APIs. For cleanup, it asks Chrome to remove the categories you confirm, and it keeps only the local notes described in this policy. For Memory Helper, it asks Chrome to list and discard tabs using APIs that do not require a separate tabs permission in this Manifest V3 build, and it does not transmit tab details.
Permissions
The extension asks Chrome for two permissions:
- Side panel, so you can open the same tools beside the page you are browsing.
- Browsing data, so a cleanup you have reviewed and confirmed can remove the Chrome data listed above.
It does not ask for permission to read your page content, and it does not add code to the websites you visit. It does not monitor your browsing. Memory Helper does not request an extra tabs or downloads permission.
Accounts and messages
The Chrome extension has no account, no sign-in, and no mailing list. It does not send marketing email. The extension itself does not include analytics or other telemetry and does not transmit browsing content.
Website measurement on ceryvex.com
The public website at ceryvex.com uses Google Tag Manager (container
GTM-NNRMK65D) to load Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-74KRPGCEKD). This website
measurement is separate from the Chrome extension. It does not give the extension access to your browsing
history, tab titles, website addresses, cookies, or page contents, and it does not change the extension’s
confirm-first cleanup or Memory Helper behavior.
Website measurement may collect standard analytics information such as pages viewed on ceryvex.com, general
device and browser information, approximate location derived from IP address, referral source, and whether a
visitor clicks an outbound Chrome Web Store install link on this website. Outbound Chrome Web Store clicks may
be recorded as a chrome_store_click event. A click is not the same as an installation.
Google may process this website measurement data under Google’s terms for Tag Manager and Analytics. Ceryvex / Opp Works LLC does not use this website setup for advertising personalization or remarketing unless that is separately authorized and disclosed. Questions about website privacy may be sent to [email protected].
Questions about this privacy policy or Ceryvex for Chrome may be sent to Opp Works LLC at [email protected].
This version only
The behavior above is the behavior of the current extension. Future features are not part of this release and are not described here as if they were available.
Removing the extension
- Open
chrome://extensions. - Find Ceryvex — Chrome Cleanup.
- Select Remove.
Removing the extension removes it from Chrome, including the short local note described above.