# Cool Search

> A content filter that removes unwanted elements while browsing like the Ai overview

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `cool-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cinematicdread
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.3.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-02
- **First published:** 2026-04-23
- **Size:** 81 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cool-search/)
- **Website:** [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0\_w3nEJdg6MYzZ8HU-bdjhsvHZzvx2M3jIEfd6s0iHmSz5w/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0_w3nEJdg6MYzZ8HU-bdjhsvHZzvx2M3jIEfd6s0iHmSz5w/viewform)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cool-search/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cool-search/privacy/)

## Description

Cool Search filters content on Google Search and other websites.
It can hide AI Overviews, ads, cookie banners, and popups. A Pro plan adds political ad filtering, social feed filtering, and a declutter mode that removes sidebars and recommended content sections from article pages.
Settings sync across devices via Chrome. No browsing data is collected.

## Rankings

- #112,797 — Overall
- #115 — cool

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `scripting`
- `https://www.google.com/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*.workers.dev/*`
- `https://api.stripe.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.google.com`
- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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