# Edit Request Headers

> Add/Modify/Remove HTTP request headers (like Referer or Cookie) via declarativeNetRequest.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-request-headers](https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-request-headers)

## Overview

- **ID:** `edit-request-headers`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AG
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-08
- **First published:** 2024-10-07
- **Size:** 186 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/edit-request-headers/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gromnitsky/edit-request-headers](https://github.com/gromnitsky/edit-request-headers)

## Description

Allows you to modify network requests by writing declarative rules written in INI-file format.

## Rankings

- #66,550 — Overall
- #50 — request

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/edit-request-headers)