Fixer for Google News

Fix Google News by adding your favorite topics, locations, sources, saved searches and removing unnecessary ones from its front page

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-07-15
By: niu tech
Users: 983
Rating: 2.54 (35)
Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2018-12-07)
Creation date: 2018-12-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 15.38K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Fixer for Google News (beta) fixes the inability to customize the new Google News front page by adding and removing sections from it. All your favorite topics, sources and saved searches are being appended to the main news feed. You can choose which standard topics to remove from the feed in the extension options.

You can view the source code and contribute at: https://github.com/niutech/google-news-fixer

Notice: The extension is in beta stage, it is provided "as is" and it is not affiliated with Google. Google News is a trademark of Google Inc. Icon made by Oxy Nation.

User reviews

Jan 2022. Doesn't work, but you can use the Good News extension and add "Sports" or "Entertainment" as the Pattern to eliminate. This works to eliminate those sections.
by Alton Danks, 2022-01-30

Opening the extension options displays a link: "First open Google News to get the topics" Clicking the link doesn't provide any topics to allow or block. Come on Google, I just want to get rid of Sports, I've wanted Sports gone for years and you works so hard to break extensions and prevent us from hiding it. Google must have a financial incentive to force the category on us.
by Michael B, 2021-11-26

Doesn't work at all. Remove this please.
by Kaspir Jones, 2021-10-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Fixer for Google News requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Fixer for Google News may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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