FAQs

When I go to extensions > stockprofit > view spreadsheet v1.12, I just get a blank worksheet. I don't see the spreadsheet in your video

This usually happens when Chrome blocks pop ups.

Why is such an extensive list of permissions required? For example sending emails on 'my' behalf, or having access to 'all files in google drive' etc?

** UPDATE September 2025 **

With over 1,000 users, Stock Profit has never had a single data security complaint.

We take privacy seriously and have built the system with safety in mind.

A friendly tip from our community: many users like to create a separate Gmail account just for testing. That way, your main Google Drive stays completely separate, giving you extra peace of mind while you get started.

And a big thank you to our community for sharing these helpful tips and making Stock Profit even more welcoming for new users.

** UPDATE JUNE 2024 **

The new version of stock profit has removed drive access.

This means backups are not automatically available.

You will need to make a manual copy of the spreadsheet

File > Make a copy

Also the addon needs drive access to read and write to your spreadsheet.

Apart from that it does not have further visibility.

We do not see who the users are, we do not see any data in the spreadsheet.

** Future Road Map **

We will look at bringing drive access back, maybe in a stand alone script.

Drive access is to allow the addon to make backups of the spreadsheet.

This is good for different reasons. EG you want to take a snapshot in time of your portfolio, or you wish to make a few different test runs of capital gain methods, or simply just a backup incase something stuffs up.

The automated weekly backup option will send you an email to notify you of the backup.