# Privately Search Selected

> Adds menu item to privately search selected text. It tries to add the new tab to an already existing private window.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `privately-search-selected`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MarcoLucidi
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2019-01-19
- **Size:** 41 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privately-search-selected/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/MarcoLucidi01/privately-search-selected](https://github.com/MarcoLucidi01/privately-search-selected)

## Description

Privately Search Selected is a Firefox add-on that allows users to privately search selected text by adding a menu item. It tries to add the new tab to an already existing private window.

## Rankings

- #49,444 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- 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/privately-search-selected)