Do not automatically add other search engines

Chrome automatically adds sites to your search engines list when you visit them, which this extension prevents

Prevent Chrome from automatically adding search engines

Do not automatically add other search engines is a Chrome extension that stops Chrome from adding sites to your list of custom search engines when you visit them

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Extension stats

By: Stanford HCI Research Group

Users: 33

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Rating: 3.00

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Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2016-12-22)

Creation date: 2016-12-21

Permissions:

http://*/
https://*/

Size: 3.29K

Email: ge*****@cs.stanford.edu

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 98,575 ▼ 2,790

Other rankings

#17399 in Tools ▼ 13 #124 in engine keyword 16 ▲ 1 #298 in research keyword 33 ▼ 16

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

I know this is a "stupid" need because the browser should have this option from stock, but here we are. Thanks for this extension. After a while using this extension, maybe for 2 or 3 months the browser still adds some 'search engines'. :-(

Newtomic, 2021-07-02

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Do not automatically add other search engines requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Do not automatically add other search engines. Use it at your own risk.

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