diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 0e67ad92..98f4b510 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
         "activeTab",
         "accountsRead",
         "downloads",
-        "messagesTagsList",
-        "messagesTags",
-        "messagesUpdate",
         "https://*.chatgpt.com/*"
     ],
     "optional_permissions": [
+        "messagesTagsList",
+        "messagesTags",
+        "messagesUpdate",
         "messagesMove"
     ],
     "background": {
diff --git a/mzta-background.js b/mzta-background.js
index fe4e6878..c073cf5c 100644
--- a/mzta-background.js
+++ b/mzta-background.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { mzta_specialCommand } from './js/mzta-special-commands.js';
 import { getSpamFilterPrompt } from './js/mzta-prompts.js';
 import { taSpamReport } from './js/mzta-spamreport.js';
 
-//browser.permissions.remove({ permissions: ["messagesMove"] }).then(console.log);
+browser.permissions.remove({ permissions: ["messagesMove", "messagesTagsList", "messagesTags", "messagesUpdate"]}).then(console.log);
 
 await migrateCustomPromptsStorage();
 await migrateDefaultPromptsPropStorage();
diff --git a/options/mzta-options-default.js b/options/mzta-options-default.js
index 8129487b..05a11c2d 100644
--- a/options/mzta-options-default.js
+++ b/options/mzta-options-default.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const prefs_default = {
     dynamic_menu_order_alphabet: true,
     placeholders_use_default_value: false,
     max_prompt_length: 30000,   // max string length for prompt
-    add_tags: true,
+    add_tags: false,
     add_tags_maxnum: 3,
     add_tags_hide_exclusions: false,
     add_tags_first_uppercase: true,
diff --git a/options/mzta-options.js b/options/mzta-options.js
index 1918f26c..d781bb6f 100644
--- a/options/mzta-options.js
+++ b/options/mzta-options.js
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
   let addtags_el = document.getElementById('add_tags');
   let addtags_info_btn = document.getElementById('btnManageTagsInfo');
   addtags_el.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+    async function _addtags_el_change() {
+      if (event.target.checked) {
+        const granted = await messenger.permissions.request({ permissions: ["messagesTagsList", "messagesTags", "messagesUpdate"] });
+        if (!granted) {
+          event.target.checked = false;
+          addtags_info_btn.disabled = 'disabled';
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    _addtags_el_change();
     addtags_info_btn.disabled = event.target.checked ? '' : 'disabled';
   });
   addtags_info_btn.disabled = addtags_el.checked ? '' : 'disabled';