User-Agent Switcher

Switches User-Agent strings to mimic, spoof or fake other browsers or bots.

User-Agent Switcher - Mimic, Spoof or Fake Browsers and Bots

User-Agent Switcher is a Chrome extension built to modify your user agent, essentially tricking websites into thinking you're using a different browser or device. It allows you to slip into Internet Explorer-only websites, impersonate an iPhone, or even emulate Google's search bot. The tool provides a selection of commonly used user agent strings and also allows custom input.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.toolshack.com

Users: 80,000+

Rating: 3.81

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Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2013-03-15)

Creation date: 2013-03-14

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 25.27K

URLs: Website

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# 3,014 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#2763 in Developer Tools ▲ 4 #4 in agent keyword 32 #93 in device keyword 5 ▲ 4

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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The User Agent Switcher changes your user agent to spoof other devices and/or browsers. You can put on your IE hat and slip past virtual bouncers into Internet Explorer-only websites; blend in as an iPhone or see how sites render when they think you're Google's search spider.

User-Agent Switcher is simple, yet powerful. It adds a toolbar button that you can use to toggle between different commonly used user agent strings, or you can enter your own.

User Agent Switcher overrides Chrome's default user agent, tricking websites into thinking you’re using a different browser.

What’s a User Agent?

A user agent is a small text description of your device that is sent with every web request. Websites can detect the browser you’re using and serve different content - this is why iPhone and Android users see special mobile websites when they browse the web.

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