Startpage Privacy Protection

Name: Startpage Privacy Protection
Rating: 4.4769 (65 reviews)
Author: Startpage

By installing the free Startpage Privacy Protection extension you will be able to stop trackers and cookies and set Startpage as your default search engine.

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Features & Capabilities

Startpage Privacy Protection is a free Chrome extension that empowers you to browse the web securely and privately. By setting Startpage as your default search engine, it ensures your searches are never saved, sold, or used for profiling. The extension automatically blocks trackers and cookies, preventing advertisers and third parties from monitoring your online activity.

Beyond search privacy, Startpage Privacy Protection evaluates each website's privacy with a unique scoring system, overrides social media tracking with click-to-activate features, sends a global privacy control signal, and prevents browser fingerprinting. Its user-friendly interface gives you control to toggle tracking settings easily, making it simple to protect your digital footprint every time you surf the web. Quick exit functionality through pressing the esc key four times adds an extra layer of security for sensitive browsing.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

1.1.7 Last updated: 2023-03-08

Version code:

5532494

Creation date:

2021-04-20

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
https://www.startpage.com/*
tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
webNavigation
search
storage
cookies

Content scripts matches:

*.facebook.com
*.messenger.com
*.facebookcorewwwi.onion
www.google.com
www.google.ad
www.google.ae
www.google.com.af
www.google.com.ag
www.google.com.ai
www.google.al

Size:

4.04MB

Email:

su*****@startpage.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-13

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 403

Other rankings

#42 in Search Tools

#102 in Privacy & Security

#3 in start page keyword 38

#4 in live start page keyword 38

#6 in privacy keyword 54

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Other platforms

Startpage Privacy Protection (v1.1.5)

98,599 4.40

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Developed by:

Startpage

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-protection/

Email:

su*****@startpage.com

Website:

https://support.startpage.com

User Reviews

Users like Startpage for its privacy-first, ad-free search, clean UI, good result quality, and reliable everyday use. Major recurring complaints are that it can break site functionality (captchas/videos), raises trust concerns about ownership and injected content, and suffers from limited documentation and infrequent updates.

Pros

Privacy-focused, ad-free search experience (clean UI, less tracking/ads)
Good search quality — less biased and more unique results compared with major engines
Simple, pleasant interface that’s easy on the eyes
Stable/reliable in regular use (several users report it works as intended and they use it for years)

Cons

Can break site functionality (reported blocking of captchas and embedded videos)
Trust/privacy concerns related to ownership and injected content (some users worry about tracking or self-promoting snippets)
Lack of documentation and infrequent updates (users mention scarce docs and long time since last update)

Recent reviews

None of these Startpage addons allow to search from the address bar with privacy. Every address bar search shows my search terms in the address bar so my ISP can see everything I'm doing. No good.

by se*****, 2025-09-29

by Bu*****, 2025-05-18

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Is Startpage Privacy Protection 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.

Startpage Privacy Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. 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

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Startpage Privacy Protection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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