# Google Search Ad Remover And Customizer

> This extension gives you the ability to customize how your Google search results look like. For example, you can make the ads stand out more or remove them completely, you can remove the widgets that Google puts in the search results, etc...

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `google-search-customizer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The EECS Blog
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 244
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.20
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-17
- **First published:** 2020-07-23
- **Size:** 28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-search-customizer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/EECSB/Google-Search-Customizer/issues](https://github.com/EECSB/Google-Search-Customizer/issues)

## Description

The Google Search Ad Remover And Customizer extension empowers users to tailor their Google search experience by removing unwanted elements and enhancing ad visibility. It allows you to remove or colorize links, eliminate ads or make them more prominent, and hide added widgets like "People also ask" or "Top News." Additionally, it removes emojis from search titles and descriptions for a cleaner look. This free, privacy-focused extension saves your preferences locally and does not collect any personal data. Ideal for users frustrated with Google’s cluttered and ad-blended search results, it offers a customizable and cleaner search interface. The extension is open-source, and users can access the source code on GitHub to modify or extend its features.

## Rankings

- #7,503 — Overall
- #11 — customize
- #62 — appreciate
- #62 — google search
- #70 — ad
- #85 — customer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-search-customizer)