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GoFullPage removed from the Chrome Web Store

The GoFullPage listing came down from the Chrome Web Store in early August 2026, and Chrome removed the extension from some people’s browsers. If you are here because yours vanished: GoFullPage’s own statement says this was a copyright complaint, not a security problem. Their words, the timeline, and every official link they have published are below.

Last updated 8 September 2026 · The original listing has not been restored; an official BETA listing is live. Updated as the situation changes.

What happened

Extension trackers record the listing coming down on 10 August 2026. GoFullPage published its own statement the following day, written by Claire Kao:

“GoFullPage was temporarily removed from the Chrome Web Store due to a copyright-related issue. We believe the removal was in error and are working with Google to have GoFullPage restored.

Unfortunately, Chrome also removed GoFullPage from some users’ browsers. This was not a security issue with GoFullPage.”

GoFullPage's blog statement: the extension was temporarily removed from the Chrome Web Store due to a copyright-related issue, the team believes the removal was in error, and this was not a security issue with GoFullPage
The statement as published on GoFullPage’s blog, 11 August 2026.

Two things in it are worth separating. The cause GoFullPage gives is a copyright complaint it believes was applied in error. The effect it describes is that Chrome removed the extension from some users’ browsers — not everyone’s, which is why some people found it simply gone while others still had it, switched off.

On 14 August the team added an update listing the ways to keep using it, and posted a progress report saying it saw a clear path toward having the official extension restored, while stating it had no firm timeline. On 26 August it wrote that the BETA build had passed 100,000 users, and asked people to watch out for copycats and unofficial downloads.

Where it stands today. The original listing, and the eleven million installs attached to it, have not come back. The BETA listing published by the same team is live — a separate, new extension rather than the original one repaired.

What the statement settles, and what it does not

GoFullPage’s account is first-hand and unambiguous: a copyright-related issue, and in its own words, “This was not a security issue with GoFullPage.”

Google has not published a separate account. The Chrome Web Store shows the same policy-violation notice whatever the underlying reason, so the store page itself distinguishes nothing — which is why a copyright takedown and a malicious-code takedown look identical from the outside. The only first-hand description of the cause is the one above.

No evidence has been made public of GoFullPage mishandling page content, and nothing here should be read as suggesting otherwise.

Every official link GoFullPage has published

The team has asked people to use its own links, because — in its words — most search engine results still point at the disabled Chrome Web Store URL, and copycat listings have appeared alongside the real one. These four options are all from GoFullPage’s own posts:

  1. Re-enable it in Chrome. Open chrome://extensions and switch GoFullPage back on. This works where Chrome disabled the extension rather than removing it entirely.
  2. Microsoft Edge, unaffected. GoFullPage says it continues to work normally on Edge, including any paid premium access — official Edge listing.
  3. The Chrome BETA build. A beta version with the newest functionality, published while the official one is restored — official BETA listing. It is a new listing, not the original repaired, so your existing settings and licence do not carry across automatically.
  4. A Firefox version is in development. In the team’s words: “We are also working on a Firefox version.” No ship date has been given.

If you would rather not wait

It has been four weeks with no timeline for the original listing, and some people need a working full-page screenshot tool today rather than an update thread to watch.

OpenCapture captures a whole page in one click and exports it to PNG or PDF. It runs in Chrome, Edge and Firefox today. It is free, it is open source under AGPL-3.0-or-later, and it needs no account. The capture path contains no upload step — the source is on GitHub, so that is a claim you can check rather than take.

It is not a clone, and there are things GoFullPage does that it does not. The full comparison, including where GoFullPage is the better pick, is on the GoFullPage alternative page.

Take a full page screenshot today

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Questions

Why did Chrome remove GoFullPage?

The listing was taken down from the Chrome Web Store on 10 August 2026, and Chrome removed the extension from some users’ browsers as a result. GoFullPage says the takedown followed a copyright-related issue, and that it believes the removal was made in error.

Was this a security problem?

GoFullPage’s statement says: “This was not a security issue with GoFullPage.” Google has not published a separate account, and the Chrome Web Store shows the same policy-violation notice whatever the reason for a removal. No evidence has been made public of the extension mishandling page content.

Is there an official GoFullPage beta, and how do I avoid the fakes?

Yes. GoFullPage published a BETA extension in the Chrome Web Store while the original listing is down, and has warned that copycat listings have appeared. Use the links published on GoFullPage’s own blog rather than search results, which the team says still point at the disabled URL.

Is GoFullPage coming back to the Chrome Web Store?

As of 8 September 2026 the original listing has not returned. GoFullPage said on 14 August that it saw a clear path to restoring it but had no firm timeline, and has since published the separate BETA extension, which passed 100,000 users on 26 August.

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