# Google Container

> THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADDON FROM MOZILLA! It is a fork of the Facebook Container addon. Prevent Google from tracking you around the web. The Google Container extension helps you take control and isolate your web activity from Google.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `google-container`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** containers-everywhere
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 8,631
- **Weekly downloads:** 117
- **Rating:** 4.18 / 5 (199 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.4
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-03
- **First published:** 2018-03-28
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-container/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google/issues](https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google/issues)

## Description

**Google Container** is a privacy-focused browser extension designed to prevent Google from tracking your browsing activity on other websites. By isolating your Google identity in a separate colored container tab, it makes it harder for Google to use third-party cookies to follow your web visits beyond its own services.

Upon installation, the extension clears your Google cookies and logs you out. When you visit Google, it opens in its own container tab where you can log in and use Google normally. External websites load outside this tab, stopping Google from associating your browsing data with your Google account. Although it limits Google's cross-site tracking, it does not protect against data Google already possesses. For enhanced privacy, using this extension alongside other tools like Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Private Browsing, and tracker blockers is recommended.

Note: This extension is a fork of the Facebook Container addon and is not officially affiliated with Mozilla. It leverages Firefox's native container functionality to segregate browsing sessions for greater user control over privacy.

## Rankings

- #842 — Overall
- #84 — Social & Communication
- #185 — Privacy & Security
- #3 — contain
- #8 — google
- #16 — contact

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `management`
- `tabs`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webRequest`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise Google Container for automatic operation and its usefulness as an essential, container-like solution. However, multiple reviews report recurring issues: sign-in across sites is broken, YouTube/Google services fail to load or keep reloading, and navigation/history (back button and tab history) is disrupted. A few also note reliability concerns, suggesting maintenance or abandonment.

### Pros

- Automatically works with minimal setup and saves time by handling Google domain isolation.
- Considered essential/critical by several users for a Firefox install.
- Conceptually useful, similar to Facebook Container, offering Google service isolation.

### Cons

- Breaks Google sign-in across sites or logs you out of Google accounts.
- Causes YouTube and other Google services to fail or reload endlessly.
- Interferes with browser navigation/back history when using Google pages.

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