Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker

Name: Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker
Rating: 4.2828 (647 reviews)
Author: Qwant

By: Qwant

The Qwant extension sets qwant.com as your default search engine and blocks trackers.

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Features & Capabilities

The Qwant Chrome extension enhances your browsing by setting Qwant.com as your default search engine and protecting your privacy by blocking trackers. It reduces cookies and adverts, ensuring a more secure and serene online experience. Benefit from AI-powered search technology for smarter queries, a loyalty program enabling you to earn rewards weekly, and guaranteed no storage or resale of your search history and personal data. With Qwant, enjoy browsing where you remain in control of your data, making it the search engine where you're the user, not the product. Install Qwant today for protected, privacy-oriented searching and a fresh web experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

By:

Qwant

Daily users:

69,367 -1,609

Rating:

4.28

(647)

Version:

8.1.0 Last updated: 2024-10-31

Version code:

5830680

Creation date:

2014-09-17

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

https://www.qwant.com/

Content scripts matches:

*.qwant.com

Size:

360.50KB

Email:

ex*****@qwant.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-12

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 271 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#29 in Search Tools

#66 in Privacy & Security

#5 in engine keyword 19 ▼ 1

#7 in tracker keyword 55

#13 in benefit keyword 10

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Other platforms

Qwant - Search engine and tracker blocker (v8.1.4)

200,000 4.41

(293)

Qwant - Search engine and tracker blocker (v8.1.3)

99,599 4.40

(86)

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Developed by:

Qwant

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/qwantcom-for-firefox/

Email:

ex*****@qwant.com

Website:

https://help.qwant.com/en/

Permission Change History

2024-10-31: Version 7.0.4.9 → 8.1.0

Add Host permissions: https://www.qwant.com/

Add Permissions: declarativeNetRequest webNavigation tabs cookies

Remove Optional permissions: <all_urls> webRequest webRequestBlocking webNavigation

User Reviews

Users appreciate the add-on for blocking trackers and providing privacy protection, but several mention significant drawbacks such as inability to whitelist sites, breaking web functionalities by blocking key scripts, and conflicts with ad-blockers that cause pop-ups or force disabling ad-blockers. Some users also criticize search quality and privacy claims.

Pros

Effectively blocks trackers and cookies enhancing user privacy.
Provides a privacy-focused search engine alternative.
Generally good at blocking unwanted content and protecting navigation.

Cons

Lacks user control to whitelist or allow certain site elements, causing unwanted content blocking such as images or videos.
Blocks essential scripts like Google Tag Manager which can break website functionalities.
Incompatible with popular ad-blockers like uBlock Origin, causing search engine pop-ups to disable ad-blockers or functionality issues.
Search quality and privacy claims are questioned by some users.

Recent reviews

Setting the default search engine doesn't even work, and the promised Qwant features are missing on qwant.com!

by Fi*****, 2026-03-12

Blocking feature is unwanted. You can only disable it per-website and not globally.

by Fi*****, 2026-01-20

It breaks my most important itranet pages! After switching of this plugin all works fine.

by Fi*****, 2026-01-14

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Is Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Low This extension was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.
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