Search Filter

Name: Search Filter
Rating: 3.2807 (57 reviews)
Author: Alex Salle

Allows you to make specified domains STAND OUT or DISAPPEAR from Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and StartPage search results.

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Features & Capabilities

Search Filter is a powerful Chrome extension designed to improve your search results since 2012. It allows users, especially developers, to customize their search by highlighting preferred domains and hiding unwanted ones across major search engines like Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and StartPage.

With features including support for image, video, and news searches, easy filter creation directly from search results, and syncing configurations across multiple installations, Search Filter helps you efficiently filter out irrelevant or low-quality results. It supports developer-friendly configurations for specifying domains to stand out or disappear, making repetitive API or problem-focused searches more productive. Regular updates keep it compatible with search engine changes and include performance improvements to ensure a smooth experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Daily users:

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Version:

2.1.15 Last updated: 2023-09-05

Version code:

5619028

Creation date:

2017-11-07

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
https://clobapi.herokuapp.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.google.com
*.google.ac
*.google.ad
*.google.ae
*.google.com.af
*.google.com.ag
*.google.com.ai
*.google.al
*.google.am
*.google.co.ao

Size:

151.97KB

Email:

al*****@alexsalle.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 3,307 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#109 in Bookmarks ▼ 1

#42 in film keyword 11 ▲ 2

#67 in search box keyword 17 ▲ 1

#68 in search keyword 56

#69 in default search keyword 39 ▼ 2

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Search Filter (v2.1.15)

3,000 3.65

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Developed by:

Alex Salle

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/g-search-filter/

Email:

al*****@alexsalle.com

Website:

https://alexsalle.com

User Reviews

Reviews are mixed. Some users praise Google-focused filtering that blocks spam and improves readability, and even blocks image results. However, many report reliability problems: it often stops working, uses high CPU, or isn’t updated for current Firefox versions. A lot of feedback also says it doesn’t reliably support non-Google engines (DuckDuckGo, Ecosia) and that the UI can be hard to access (toolbar icon missing). Functionality is inconsistent across pages with occasional CSS glitches; source code access is unclear.

Pros

Strong Google-focused filtering that blocks spam and unsafe sites.
Improves readability of Google search results with color cues and icons.
Can block image results from specified sites.
Considered an essential tool for some searches.

Cons

Reliability and maintenance concerns: frequent reports of not working, high CPU usage, and lack of updates on current Firefox versions.
Limited to Google in practice; non-Google engines (DuckDuckGo, Ecosia) are not reliably supported and claims of cross-engine support are inconsistent.
UI/accessibility issues: toolbar icon often missing or greyed out; limited UI (highlight/hide) controls.
Inconsistent behavior across pages (works on first Google page but fails on subsequent pages) and occasional CSS issues (Google Images).
Lack of clear source repository or ongoing maintenance.

Recent reviews

Does not work

by Ko*****, 2025-12-22

by 天灭*****, 2025-03-26

Does not work, cannot be opened or pinned to toolbar in latest firefox since it is always greyed out.

by Ba*****, 2025-03-01

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Is Search Filter Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Search Filter requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: herokuapp.com, google.com, google.ac, google.ad, google.ae, com.af, com.ag, com.ai, google.al, google.am, co.ao, com.ar, google.as, google.at, com.au, google.az, google.ba, com.bd, google.be, google.bf, google.bg, com.bh, google.bi, google.bj, com.bn, com.bo, com.br, google.bs, google.bt, co.bw, google.by, com.bz, google.ca, com.kh, google.cc, google.cd, google.cf, google.cat, google.cg, google.ch, google.ci, co.ck, google.cl, google.cm, google.cn, com.co, co.cr, com.cu, google.cv, com.cy, google.cz, google.de, google.dj, google.dk, google.dm, com.do, google.dz, com.ec, google.ee, com.eg, google.es, com.et, google.fi, com.fj, google.fm, google.fr, google.ga, google.ge, google.gf, google.gg, com.gh, com.gi, google.gl, google.gm, google.gp, google.gr, com.gt, google.gy, com.hk, google.hn, google.hr, google.ht, google.hu, co.id, google.iq, google.ie, co.il, google.im, co.in, google.io, google.is, google.it, google.je, com.jm, google.jo, co.jp, co.ke, google.ki, google.kg, co.kr, com.kw, google.kz, google.la, com.lb, com.lc, google.li, google.lk, co.ls, google.lt, google.lu, google.lv, com.ly, co.ma, google.md, google.me, google.mg, google.mk, google.ml, com.mm, google.mn, google.ms, com.mt, google.mu, google.mv, google.mw, com.mx, com.my, co.mz, com.na, google.ne, com.nf, com.ng, com.ni, google.nl, google.no, com.np, google.nr, google.nu, co.nz, com.om, com.pk, com.pa, com.pe, com.ph, google.pl, com.pg, google.pn, com.pr, google.ps, google.pt, com.py, com.qa, google.ro, google.rs, google.ru, google.rw, com.sa, com.sb, google.sc, google.se, com.sg, google.sh, google.si, google.sk, com.sl, google.sn, google.sm, google.so, google.st, google.sr, com.sv, google.td, google.tg, co.th, com.tj, google.tk, google.tl, google.tm, google.to, google.tn, com.tr, google.tt, com.tw, co.tz, com.ua, co.ug, co.uk, com.uy, co.uz, com.vc, co.ve, google.vg, co.vi, com.vn, google.vu, google.ws, co.za, co.zm, co.zw, duckduckgo.com, bing.com, startpage.com
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Search Filter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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