# Perplexity

> Make Perplexity your default search engine (search from address bar). Right‑click “Ask / Summarize” on selected text and send it to Perplexity.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `perplexity`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Perplexity Search
- **Daily users:** 180
- **Weekly downloads:** 69
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-30
- **First published:** 2026-04-25
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-06-23
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/perplexity/)

## Description

🔍 This addon integrates Perplexity into your everyday search: address-bar searches go straight to <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/6171debaee6686c6a722255c16f476e312b33055042354c61905a81d386cdba9/http%3A//perplexity.ai/search%3Fq=%E2%80%A6" rel="nofollow">perplexity.ai/search?q=…</a> 

🖱️ Right‑click any selection and use Perplexity Search → Ask or Summarize to open a new tab with a ready-made prompt.

⚡ On Perplexity pages, if you land with a query in the URL, the extension tries to paste and submit so you get an answer faster.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `https://perplexity.ai/*`
- `https://www.perplexity.ai/*`
- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `perplexity.ai`
- `www.perplexity.ai`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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