Don't add custom search engines

Prevent Google Chrome from auto-adding custom search engines

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Don't Add Custom Search Engines Chrome Extension

This extension helps you prevent Google Chrome from automatically adding custom search engines when you visit websites. It's a simple and effective way to maintain your browser's search engine list without unwanted additions.

Privacy Focused: No connection to third-party servers ensuring your data stays secure.
Open Source: Source code is publicly available on GitHub for transparency and community contributions.
Support for Many Sites: Includes support for popular search engines like DuckDuckGo and others.
Regular Updates: Latest updates include bug fixes and expanded site compatibility.

Keep control over your Chrome search engines with this lightweight, trusted extension.

Extension Privacy & Security Productivity

By:: Greg Sadetsky
Users:: 10,000
Rating:: 3.53

(83)
Version:: 0.0.7 Last updated: 2025-01-03
Creation date:: 2019-07-22
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 8.15KB
Email:: *****@gregsadetsky.com
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 14 hours ago

Ranking

# 7,480 ▲ 171

Other rankings

#22836 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 31 #10 in engine keyword 12 ▲ 1 #121 in search keyword 64 ▲ 25

User reviews

This extension is praised by many for effectively blocking unwanted search engines from cluttering Chrome and improving user productivity. However, several users report that it has stopped working with recent Chrome updates and fails to prevent hijacking by Yahoo search. A serious warning about malware and browser redirects was also mentioned, raising security concerns. Despite these issues, longtime users appreciated its function prior to Chrome's native features. Lack of retroactive removal of existing search engines is noted as a minor inconvenience.

Pros

Effectively prevents unwanted search engines from being added to Chrome, keeping the search engine list clean.
Boosts productivity by managing search engines efficiently and avoiding clutter.
Simple and useful solution to a common annoyance with Chrome's default behavior.
Long-term reliability for some users who have used it for years without extra search engines being added.
Provides a fix before Chrome implemented a similar feature natively.

Cons

Reported to stop working in recent Chrome updates by multiple users.
Some users experienced the extension failing to prevent browser hijacking by Yahoo or other search engines.
One review warns that the extension added malware causing suspicious browser redirects, raising serious security concerns.
No built-in feature to remove search engines that were already added prior to installation, which some users find inconvenient.

Recent reviews

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Extension safety

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Don't add custom search engines requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

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Risk likelihood analysis details

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