# Clear search engine

> Do Charity While you search

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clear-search-engine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clear-search-engine)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clear-search-engine`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Clear
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2019-05-21
- **First published:** 2019-05-21
- **Size:** 67 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clear-search-engine/)
- **Website:** [https://clear.am](https://clear.am/)

## Description

Clear search engine is a Firefox add-on that sets up clear as your default search engine. With this add-on, you can contribute to charity every time you make a search.

## Rankings

- #144,280 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `webNavigation`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `cookies`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `management`
- `https://clear.am/*`
- `*://*.clear.am/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clear-search-engine)