DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection
Actively protects your data in your current browser
Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
- By:
- DuckDuckGo
- Daily users:
- 1,306,285+ -29,490
- Rating:
- 4.35 (2,290)
- Version:
- 2025.4.7 (Last updated: 2025-04-15)
- Version code:
- 5925728
- Creation date:
- 2012-07-26
- Permissions:
- contextMenus
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- *://*/*
- webNavigation
- activeTab
- tabs
- storage
- <all_urls>
- alarms
- Size:
- 3.03M
- URLs:
- Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Browser Add-ons
- Updated:
- 16 hours ago
Ranking
# 11
Other platforms
User reviews
Users appreciate DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection for effectively blocking ads, cookies, and reducing spam, improving privacy and email experience. However, some users find it overly restrictive with adult content, as it blocks such sites even when filters are turned off.
Pros
- Effectively blocks ads and cookies, enhancing privacy.
- Reduces spam, leading to a cleaner email experience.
- Saves time and aggravation by providing reliable tracker protection.
Cons
- Blocks sites with adult content even when filters are disabled.
Recent reviews
duck duck go is great for blocking adds and cookies. but its also its only major draw back if your wanting to watch spicy content it blocks all sites for this content even with filters disabled.
by Firefox user 18303128, 2025-04-27
by Alex, 2025-04-24
by m basharat, 2025-04-23
Extension safety
Risk impact
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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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