# Google Docs default to View Mode

> In Google Docs, immediately switch to View Mode after entering any document. This is both to avoid visual clutter and to avoid accidental edits 🐱 Last tested in April 2025.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gdocs-view-mode](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gdocs-view-mode)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gdocs-view-mode`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jakub Bielecki
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 8
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-28
- **First published:** 2025-04-25
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gdocs-view-mode/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jabielecki/firefox-gdocs-view](https://github.com/jabielecki/firefox-gdocs-view)

## Description

In Gdocs, immediately switch to View Mode after entering any document:
<ul><li>avoid visual clutter (comments and suggested changes)</li><li>avoid accidental edits 🐱</li></ul>
This extension emulates these few clicks that switch to View Mode, nothing else to see here. No options or configuration. No storing or sending out any data, neither locally nor remotely.

Last tested in April 2025.

Techies: you can install from source code repository, it's small and auditable.

## Rankings

- #36,643 — Overall
- #197 — defi

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `docs.google.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: google.com
- 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/gdocs-view-mode)