# FoxFilter

> Easy-to-use content filter that blocks websites and keywords, with optional protection designed to stay in place. Customizable for parental control, schools, and organizations.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `foxfilter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Inspired Effect
- **Category:** search-tools,alerts-updates,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2,595
- **Weekly downloads:** 72
- **Rating:** 3.86 / 5 (73 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-04
- **First published:** 2007-01-19
- **Size:** 456 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxfilter/)
- **Website:** [http://www.foxfilter.com](http://www.foxfilter.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxfilter/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxfilter/privacy/)

## Description

**FoxFilter** is a powerful parental control Chrome extension designed to block pornographic and other inappropriate web content across Firefox and Android devices. It offers a user-friendly, password-protected interface to customize filtering settings easily. Users can block entire websites or apply keyword-based content filtering to maintain a safe browsing environment for children and families.

The extension supports sensitivity adjustments, allowing you to filter by URL, title, meta content, or body content, reducing false positives. FoxFilter includes a comprehensive list of keywords and enables adding custom keywords and URLs to whitelist or blacklist. It has been praised for its effectiveness, flexibility, and ease of administration, making it a top choice for home use. Developed by a dedicated team, FoxFilter ensures reliable, resource-efficient content blocking without intrusive ads or complex setups.

Ideal for families, schools, libraries, and organizations, FoxFilter empowers users to protect their online spaces with a simple yet robust content filtering solution.

## Rankings

- #1,851 — Overall
- #51 — Alerts & Updates
- #151 — Tabs
- #219 — Search Tools
- #25 — film
- #35 — uninstall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `management`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews show FoxFilter as a mixed bag. Some users praise reliable filtering and easy, centralized management, especially for parental control and when hosts modification isn’t possible. However, many reports highlight major drawbacks: paywalls that hide features, over-blocking even legitimate sites, inconvenient or blocked access to settings, and inconsistent filtering with false positives/negatives. Password protection is also considered weak or easily bypassed. Overall sentiment skews negative due to monetization and blocking issues, despite some usable aspects.

### Pros

- Reliable content filtering that works as expected.
- Easy to install and manage from one place.
- Useful when you can’t modify hosts file or rely on system-wide filtering.
- Good for parental controls / kids' computers.

### Cons

- Many features and options are behind a paywall above the basic functionality.
- Over-blocks content, blocking many sites and even legitimate ones.
- Access to extension settings is restricted or requires awkward workarounds.
- Filtering accuracy is inconsistent with false positives/negatives and meta-tag gaps.
- Password protection features are weak or easily bypassed.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxfilter)