# Quick Google PDF Search Toggle

> Instantly reloads your current Google Search to show ONLY PDF files. Click the icon to toggle PDF mode on or off.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `quick-google-pdf-search-toggle`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Deshano
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-04
- **First published:** 2026-01-01
- **Size:** 8.92 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quick-google-pdf-search-toggle/)

## Description

Do a google search, click the extension and it will then search for the PDF.

Built this because digging through Google's Advanced Search menus just to find a clean product sheet or manual is a pain. This saves the hassle. Typing filetype:PDF is also annoying. 

What it does:

<code>One click: Forces your current Google search to show only PDFs.

Toggle: Click it again to go back to normal results.

Privacy: Includes the new mandatory Mozilla declaration that we don't collect any data.
</code>

Simple tool to find specs and docs faster.

## Rankings

- #128,606 — Overall
- #199 — toggle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`

## 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/quick-google-pdf-search-toggle)