# Exact Search

> Toggles exact/verbatim search in search engines.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `exact-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** GoodAddon
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 66
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-12
- **First published:** 2024-11-02
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/exact-search/)
- **Website:** [https://www.goodaddon.com/exact-search/?utm\_medium=firefox-addons](https://www.goodaddon.com/exact-search/?utm_medium=firefox-addons)

## Description

A browser extension that toggles exact/verbatim search in search engines.

Major search engines, such as Google, are smart in guessing what you are searching for. They do so with many tricks, including using word stems and synonyms, skipping part of the search, etc. This browser extension allows you to toggle between:

- allowing the search engine to guess, and
- requiring the search engine to search for the exact terms you give.

To use Exact Search, search in your favorite search engine as usual, then click on the extension or press &lt;kbd&gt;Alt+Shift+X&lt;/kbd&gt; to toggle exact search! You can also customize the extension shortcut in [Chrome](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/4b44d8ef67ea3b7e7eb3c37838903558b50c8e625ae456b07ec5aefce5d5f5d5/https%3A//superuser.com/a/1320126/139328" rel="nofollow">https://superuser.com/a/1320126/139328</a>) and [Firefox](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/640dbd2eccfc928511d436ec2d62b3f0bcfdce054f1517993eb531455e6f0e43/https%3A//support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox</a>).

## Supported Search Engines

- Bing
- DuckDuckGo
- Ecosia
- Google
- Yahoo
- Yandex

<i>Exact Search is an open source project. If you are interested, feel free to check out the <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e0988271dbceaab7560997443e3a226ab09d0b9291b60d620e4659cd8f257170/https%3A//github.com/8hobbies/exact-search" rel="nofollow">source code</a>.</i>

## Rankings

- #14,055 — Overall
- #228 — search
- #242 — yahoo

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- 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/exact-search)