# Personal Blocklist (not by Google)

> Blocks domains/hosts from appearing in your Google search results.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `personal-blocklist`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Wildsky
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 2,310
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 3.77 / 5 (143 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-08
- **First published:** 2017-05-16
- **Size:** 267 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/personal-blocklist/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/wildskyf/personal-blocklist](https://github.com/wildskyf/personal-blocklist)

## Description

Personal Blocklist (not by Google) is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your Google search experience by blocking specified domains or hosts from appearing in your search results. This add-on helps you remove unwanted sites, saving you time and allowing for more relevant search outcomes.

Rewritten from the original Google Chrome version, this extension currently operates without sending blocked site information to Google, ensuring your privacy. Simplify your browsing by creating a customized blocklist for your Google searches effortlessly with Personal Blocklist.

## Rankings

- #2,011 — Overall
- #111 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #235 — Search Tools
- #322 — Appearance
- #2 — personalize
- #54 — button for google

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `management`
- `*://*.google.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.google.com`
- `*.google.ac`
- `*.google.ad`
- `*.google.com.af`
- `*.google.com.ag`
- `*.google.com.ai`
- `*.google.am`
- `*.google.it.ao`
- `*.google.com.ar`
- `*.google.as`
- `*.google.at`
- `*.google.com.au`
- `*.google.az`
- `*.google.ba`
- `*.google.com.bd`
- `*.google.be`
- `*.google.bf`
- `*.google.bg`
- `*.google.com.bh`
- `*.google.bi`
- `*.google.bj`
- `*.google.com.bn`
- `*.google.com.bo`
- `*.google.com.br`
- `*.google.bs`
- `*.google.co.bw`
- `*.google.com.by`
- `*.google.by`
- `*.google.com.bz`
- `*.google.ca`
- `*.google.com.kh`
- `*.google.cc`
- `*.google.cd`
- `*.google.cf`
- `*.google.cat`
- `*.google.cg`
- `*.google.ch`
- `*.google.ci`
- `*.google.co.ck`
- `*.google.cl`
- `*.google.cm`
- `*.google.cn`
- `*.google.com.co`
- `*.google.co.cr`
- `*.google.com.cu`
- `*.google.cv`
- `*.google.com.cy`
- `*.google.cz`
- `*.google.de`
- `*.google.dj`
- `*.google.dk`
- `*.google.dm`
- `*.google.com.do`
- `*.google.dz`
- `*.google.com.ec`
- `*.google.ee`
- `*.google.com.eg`
- `*.google.es`
- `*.google.com.et`
- `*.google.fi`
- `*.google.com.fj`
- `*.google.fm`
- `*.google.fr`
- `*.google.ga`
- `*.google.gd`
- `*.google.ge`
- `*.google.gf`
- `*.google.gg`
- `*.google.com.gh`
- `*.google.com.gi`
- `*.google.gl`
- `*.google.gm`
- `*.google.gp`
- `*.google.gr`
- `*.google.com.gt`
- `*.google.gy`
- `*.google.com.hk`
- `*.google.hn`
- `*.google.hr`
- `*.google.ht`
- `*.google.hu`
- `*.google.co.id`
- `*.google.iq`
- `*.google.ie`
- `*.google.co.il`
- `*.google.im`
- `*.google.co.in`
- `*.google.io`
- `*.google.is`
- `*.google.it`
- `*.google.je`
- `*.google.com.jm`
- `*.google.jo`
- `*.google.co.jp`
- `*.google.co.ke`
- `*.google.ki`
- `*.google.kg`
- `*.google.co.kr`
- `*.google.com.kw`
- `*.google.kz`
- `*.google.la`
- `*.google.com.lb`
- `*.google.com.lc`
- `*.google.li`
- `*.google.lk`
- `*.google.co.ls`
- `*.google.lt`
- `*.google.lu`
- `*.google.lv`
- `*.google.com.ly`
- `*.google.co.ma`
- `*.google.md`
- `*.google.me`
- `*.google.mg`
- `*.google.mk`
- `*.google.ml`
- `*.google.mn`
- `*.google.ms`
- `*.google.com.mt`
- `*.google.mu`
- `*.google.mv`
- `*.google.mw`
- `*.google.com.mx`
- `*.google.com.my`
- `*.google.co.mz`
- `*.google.com.na`
- `*.google.ne`
- `*.google.com.nf`
- `*.google.com.ng`
- `*.google.com.ni`
- `*.google.nl`
- `*.google.no`
- `*.google.com.np`
- `*.google.nr`
- `*.google.nu`
- `*.google.co.nz`
- `*.google.com.om`
- `*.google.com.pa`
- `*.google.com.pe`
- `*.google.com.ph`
- `*.google.com.pk`
- `*.google.pl`
- `*.google.pn`
- `*.google.com.pr`
- `*.google.ps`
- `*.google.pt`
- `*.google.com.py`
- `*.google.com.qa`
- `*.google.ro`
- `*.google.rs`
- `*.google.ru`
- `*.google.rw`
- `*.google.com.sa`
- `*.google.com.sb`
- `*.google.sc`
- `*.google.se`
- `*.google.com.sg`
- `*.google.sh`
- `*.google.si`
- `*.google.sk`
- `*.google.com.sl`
- `*.google.sn`
- `*.google.sm`
- `*.google.so`
- `*.google.st`
- `*.google.com.sv`
- `*.google.td`
- `*.google.tg`
- `*.google.co.th`
- `*.google.com.tj`
- `*.google.tk`
- `*.google.tl`
- `*.google.tm`
- `*.google.to`
- `*.google.com.tn`
- `*.google.com.tr`
- `*.google.tt`
- `*.google.com.tw`
- `*.google.co.tz`
- `*.google.com.ua`
- `*.google.co.ug`
- `*.google.ae`
- `*.google.co.uk`
- `*.google.us`
- `*.google.com.uy`
- `*.google.co.uz`
- `*.google.com.vc`
- `*.google.co.ve`
- `*.google.vg`
- `*.google.co.vi`
- `*.google.com.vn`
- `*.google.vu`
- `*.google.ws`
- `*.google.co.za`
- `*.google.co.zm`
- `*.google.co.zw`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very 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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## Review summary

Pros and cons emerge from mixed experiences. Users praise the add-on for its simplicity and for significantly reducing clutter by blocking numerous noisy sites in Google search results, with practical benefits like exporting/importing the block list. However, a large portion of reviews report the extension as broken or outdated and not reliably working in Firefox. Key drawbacks include a hard limit on blocked domains, inconsistent blocking across contexts (some sites or image searches slip through), a nuisance popup, and occasional incorrect blocks. Overall, it can help, but reliability and scalability are major concerns.

### Pros

- Easy to use and manage the block list.
- Effectively removes noisy sites from Google search results (e.g., Reddit, TechRadar, Fextralife).
- Supports exporting and importing the block list for backup or reuse.
- Helps reduce search clutter by curating the domains you see in results.

### Cons

- Often broken or outdated and not reliably working in Firefox (no updates for years).
- Incomplete blocking: some sites (e.g., Twitter) slip through and image-search results are not consistently blocked.
- Has a hard cap on blocked domains (about 403) with no clear way to increase it.
- Popup UI can appear at inopportune moments, leading to accidental unblocking.
- Occasionally blocks the wrong domains (e.g., ft.com blocking microsoft.com).

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