Custom Highlight

A chrome extension for customizing highlight color.

Custom Highlight - Customize Your Highlight Colors

"Custom Highlight" is a user-friendly Chrome extension that allows you to effortlessly change the highlight background and text colors on nearly all websites. With its built-in color picker or by simply entering color hex codes, personalizing your highlights has never been simpler. This extension is fully compatible with Dark Reader and ensures that your custom settings are applied after a page reload. It does not read or store any user data, ensuring your privacy.

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By: Andreto

Users: 8,000+

Rating: 4.00

(23)

Version: 1.5.0 (Last updated: 2025-02-28)

Creation date: 2020-02-19

Permissions:

storage
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 58.30K

Email: an*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 10,394 ▲ 37

Other rankings

#68 in Functionality & UI #43 in change color keyword 24 ▲ 1 #164 in color keyword 24 ▲ 9

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well on most websites after a refresh
Offers options for different highlight colors
Helps improve focus by allowing users to highlight text
User-friendly once the extension is reloaded
Provides an alternative to the default highlight colors which some find harsh on the eyes

Cons

Doesn't work with Google Docs consistently
Requires Chrome to be restarted or pages to be refreshed for changes to take effect
Highlights can disappear when refreshing a page or highlighting new text
May not function properly on the Chrome Web Store
Some users reported it simply doesn't work

Most mentioned

Requires refreshing or restarting Chrome to activate
Doesn't work well with Google Docs
Works on most sites but not all
Highlighted text disappears on page refresh
Versatility in highlight colors is appreciated

User reviews

Doesn't work with Google Docs while it clearly states that it does.

Yigit, 2025-01-10

i like to highlight things so i can focus on them easier but the bright blue hurt my eyes so this was very helpful ^_^ you will need to reopen chrome for it to show up though!!

4PPLEC0RE, 2024-12-13

Да норм вроде, почему так мало звёзд? Всё хорошо работает и выделяет, если не работает то просто перезагрузите браузер.

Влад Лис, 2024-06-02

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Custom Highlight requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Custom Highlight. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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