# PDF Search Helper

> Enhanced search experience allowing for easier PDF file search capabilities.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/pdf-search-helper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pdf-search-helper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `pdf-search-helper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** System1
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-30
- **First published:** 2025-07-08
- **Size:** 69 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pdf-search-helper/)
- **Website:** [https://pdfsearchhelper.com](https://pdfsearchhelper.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pdf-search-helper/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pdf-search-helper/privacy/)

## Description

PDF Search Helper is the web search tool that helps you search the web and when you need to, locate PDFs super fast! Tired of having a hard time finding PDF results in a sea of web pages in your <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/035268f8216ebda7ba0baa8eae19baf77587c835065c6aaa1b88d5f176506313/http%3A//Yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">Yahoo.com</a> search results? PDF Search Helper lets you zero in on PDF files in your web search—fast. 

Sets <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/035268f8216ebda7ba0baa8eae19baf77587c835065c6aaa1b88d5f176506313/http%3A//Yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">Yahoo.com</a> as your default search provider for standard web search results, then whenever you add the keyword "PDF" to any query, this extension opens a new tab with search results that are <em>ONLY</em> PDFs, so you can find the files you're looking for quickly.

Privacy Policy: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/46c34bf9f788a4b44a68ae0d440cd494cc3167a5a6f4a29e9519e9c091d30c3b/https%3A//system1.com/terms/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow">https://system1.com/terms/privacy-policy</a>
Terms of Use: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/067c40a63da3c9be193d314d8ffe495e9119836328f9fc09f030c4b9d257edf2/https%3A//system1.com/terms/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow">https://system1.com/terms/terms-of-use</a>

## Rankings

- #35,371 — Overall
- #170 — pdf

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`

### Host permissions

- `https://*.pdfsearchhelper.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.pdfsearchhelper.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pdf-search-helper)