Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results

Filter search engine results. Block unwanted results and highlight the favorite ones. For Google and other popular search engines.

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Enhance your search experience with the "Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results" Chrome extension. This powerful tool allows you to filter search engine results by highlighting your favorite websites and blocking or hiding those you find irrelevant or distracting. Compatible with Google and other popular search engines, it lets you easily mark results, such as highlighting all Wikipedia pages or hiding Facebook links, making your searches more efficient and personalized.

With an intuitive interface, you can customize your search results in real-time, improving focus and reducing clutter on the results page. Whether you're conducting research or casually browsing, this extension helps you find what matters most, faster.

By:: Tomasz Pisarek
Users:: 1,000+
Rating:: 3.69
(39)
Version:: 4.6.1 (Last updated: 2025-03-24)
Creation date:: 2020-02-16
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
tabs
contextMenus
Size:: 352.26K
Email:: to*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 21 hours ago

Ranking

# 23,297 ▼ 8

Other rankings

#703 in Tools ▼ 8 #16 in result keyword 14 ▲ 10 #52 in engine keyword 12 ▲ 10 #102 in search keyword 52 ▲ 74

Other platforms

Block or Highlight Search Engine Results (v4.6.1)

1,327+ 4.20

(79)

Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results (v4.0.0)

1,259+ 4.40

(22)

User reviews

Pros

Effectively hides unwanted sites from search engine results.
Supports multiple search engines including Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.
Allows custom color highlighting to differentiate sites.
Simple and user-friendly blacklist/filtering functionality.
Works on various browsers including Chrome, Opera, Edge, and Firefox.

Cons

Does not work reliably or stops working over time for some users.
Limited support for certain search engines like Brave Search and Opera in some versions.
Requires extensive permissions such as reading entire browsing history, raising privacy concerns.
Storage limitations leading to errors when adding many sites to block.
Issues with custom color options and display problems on image results and right-to-left languages.

Recent reviews

Doesn't work.

Catringa H, 2025-01-10

limite de sites

Ernani C. Siebert, 2024-10-24

В поиске Яндекс работает через раз --- Доп. Вообще перестало работать.

Lumi Lum, 2024-09-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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