Speed Tweaks

Speed up your browser with few tweaks via toolbar popup!

What is Speed Tweaks?

Speed Tweaks is a Chrome extension designed to improve browser performance via handy tweaks. It includes features such as blocking ads, DNS pre-fetching, blocking image loads, faster rendering on scroll, loading mobile versions of sites, discarding inactive tabs from memory, and clearing browser's cache. Depending on the browser version and platform, the extension may behave differently. For any issues, users can report bugs through a form on the extension's homepage.

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By: Yubi

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Users: 6,738 ▼ -22

Rating: 4.24 (21)

Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2022-06-30)

Creation date: 2018-09-29

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
privacy
browsingData
notifications
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 49.39K

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 12065 ▼ 40

Other rankings

#561 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 2 #81 in speed keyword 88 #177 in loading keyword 70 ▲ 1

Other platforms

Speed Tweaks (v0.1.3)

3.56 (32) 1,044

Speed Tweaks (v0.1.5)

4.70 (3) 2,333

Summary

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Speed Tweaks is an addon that helps you speed up your browser by using a few different tweaks. Simply open the toolbar popup and mark the desired item(s). Please note that none of the tweaks are selected by default.

Currently, there are 7 tweaks available for this addon:

Blocking most common ads.
DNS pre-fetching.
Blocking images from loading.
Speed-up rendering on page-scroll.
Loading mobile version of sites.
Discarding all inactive tabs from memory.
Clearing the browser's cache.

Note 1: depending on your browser version and platform, this addon might behave differently.

Note 2: to report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/speed-tweaks.html).

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Significantly speeds up browsing
Improves browsing experience even on low internet speeds
Has many great options and tweaks

Cons

Breaks Facebook image icons in chat window
Has not been updated for a while
Doesn't load mobile version of websites
Doesn't block ads

Most mentioned

Speed improvement
Variety of tweaks
Chromebook performance improvement

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Safety

Risk impact

Speed Tweaks is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Speed Tweaks if you trust the publisher.