Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine

Configures Brave Search as the default search engine.

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Brave Search (official) configures Brave Search as your browser's default engine, delivering a smarter, faster search experience. Powered by AI, it offers accurate answers to almost any question, free from Big Tech's SEO spam and privacy invasions.

Brave Search ensures true privacy by not collecting or profiling your data, making it impossible to share or sell your information. Featuring an independent, built-from-scratch index, it provides unbiased results and innovative features like customizable ranking and embedded forum discussions. Serving millions globally in dozens of languages, it's the ideal choice for users seeking private, useful, and independent search results.

Extension Privacy & Security Productivity AI

By:: Brave Software
Users:: 168 8
Rating:: 5.00

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Version:: 2.0.0 Last updated: 2025-07-10
Creation date:: 2025-05-07
Risk:: Low risk impact High risk likelihood
Size:: 19.60KB
Email:: ex*****@brave.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-13

Ranking

# 59,235 ▲ 1,229

Other rankings

#842 in Privacy & Security ▼ 12 #104 in engine keyword 13 ▲ 1 #146 in default search keyword 33 ▲ 5

User reviews

Works perfectly. Don't use the others, use this one from the Brave developers.

Ro*****, 2025-07-10

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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