# Link Control

> Adjust the color of your previously viewed links.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-control](https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-control)

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-control`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** John Datserakis
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 312
- **Weekly downloads:** 15
- **Rating:** 3.56 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-04
- **First published:** 2019-03-01
- **Size:** 448 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-control/)
- **Website:** [https://www.johndatserakis.com](https://www.johndatserakis.com/)

## Description

## Customize Your Browsing Experience with Link Control

Link Control lets you easily adjust the color of your previously visited links to improve visibility and reduce eye strain, making it ideal for night-time browsing or color-blind users. Choose from a range of predefined colors or create your own custom shades for both visited and unvisited links.

## Features

- Customize visited and default link colors to your preference.
- Use blocklists to exclude specific sites or allowlists to target only selected sites.
- Designed to help users who struggle with distinguishing link colors, especially in low-light conditions.

Say goodbye to confusion over link colors during late-night sessions or if you have color vision difficulties. Link Control empowers you to personalize your web experience effortlessly.

## Rankings

- #6,520 — Overall
- #24 — self control
- #31 — control
- #79 — links
- #80 — broken links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/link-control)