# Google Bot User-Agent switcher

> Allows switching between the default user-agent and the Google Bot user-agent.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-bot-user-agent-switcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-bot-user-agent-switcher)

## Overview

- **ID:** `google-bot-user-agent-switcher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Zdenek K.
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 22
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-30
- **First published:** 2025-10-27
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-bot-user-agent-switcher/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zkocz/GbotUaSwitcher](https://github.com/zkocz/GbotUaSwitcher)

## Rankings

- #23,576 — Overall
- #19 — bot
- #34 — agent
- #93 — agenda
- #117 — kitchen
- #225 — switch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `tabs`
- `<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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-bot-user-agent-switcher)