User-Agent Switcher

Switch between popular useragent strings from toolbar popup!

What is User-Agent Switcher?

User-Agent Switcher is a feature-packed Chrome extension specifically designed to allow users to quickly and efficiently change their browser's user-agent. With 26 popular user-agent strings to choose from, switching is as simple as opening the toolbar popup and selecting the desired option. The extension provides options for mobile and desktop user agents, as well as operating systems. An essential tool for web development and browser troubleshooting, User-Agent Switcher streamlines the process of swapping user agents on your Chrome browser.

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Extension stats

By: chYer

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 4.31 (99)

Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2024-01-17)

Creation date: 2020-03-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 87.34K

Email: ch*****@yahoo.com

Ranking

# 4501 ▼ 31

Other rankings

#1423 in Tools #11 in agent keyword 58 #102 in toolbar keyword 27 ▲ 16 #187 in popup keyword 53 ▲ 37

Other platforms

User-Agent Switcher (v0.3.0)

3.95

(299) 22,750+

User-Agent Switch for Edge (v0.3.0)

5.00

(1) 843

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Extension summary

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Easily change your browser's user agent from the toolbar popup. There are 26 popular user-agent strings to choose from.

To work with this addon, please open the toolbar popup and click on the desired user-agent button. Within the toolbar popup, the top row is for mobile user agents, 2nd row is for desktop user agents and the last row is for selecting operating systems. Once you select a user agent, please reload all tabs.

To report bugs, please visit the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/useragent-switcher.html) and fill out the bug report form.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Solves compatibility issues with various services
Offers many user-agent options for development
Easy to use for switching user agents
Some users found it effective for specific downloads
Works well on Firefox compared to Chrome

Cons

Horrible interface and implementation
Breaks certain apps like Discord
Outdated user agents that cause compatibility issues
Doesn't disguise navigator.appVersion and navigator.platform
Inconsistent performance reported by users

Most mentioned

Currently doesn't work
User agents are outdated
Great tool for switching user agents
Horrible interface
Useful for development purposes

Recent reviews

It solved my issue , many times the services you are using over the internet are not compatible with OS, this extension will come as a remedy . Great Tool

Pratyush Sinha, 2024-07-21

CC C, 2024-05-11

its not perfect but it does the job better than most others ive tried. I use Chrome and Opera GX regularly and sadly many sites do not recognize Opera GX (they should!!!) so have a user-agent is a valuable tool. and having so many options is great for development purposes as well. thanks!