# Switch Search Engine

> Switch between search engines in one click. Supports custom engines.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `switch-search-engine`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kgursu
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-20
- **First published:** 2026-06-17
- **Size:** 96 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/switch-search-engine/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/kgursu/Search-Engine-Switcher](https://github.com/kgursu/Search-Engine-Switcher)

## Description

Switch between search engines without retyping your query. Click the toolbar icon on any search results page and your current search instantly opens in the next engine.

A float bar at the bottom of search pages lets you jump to any engine directly. You choose which engines appear and in what order.

Built-in engines: DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, Gibiru, MetaGer, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/1b628be5b898d667ba42436f49357e31cc45fd8d56cef0d5469c893ba1605f34/http%3A//You.com" rel="nofollow">You.com</a>, StartPage, Yahoo OneSearch, Bing, Google, Yandex, Yahoo!, Yahoo! JAPAN, goo, Wikipedia

You can edit these engines' URLs and also add any search engine not on this list by entering its name, domain, and search URL.

## Rankings

- #52,718 — Overall
- #120 — engine
- #193 — switch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.startpage.com`
- `duckduckgo.com`
- `*.ecosia.org`
- `gibiru.com`
- `metager.org`
- `metager.de`
- `you.com`
- `www.onesearch.com`
- `*.bing.com`
- `search.brave.com`
- `yandex.ru`
- `yandex.com`
- `www.google.com`
- `search.yahoo.com`
- `search.yahoo.co.jp`
- `search.goo.ne.jp`
- `en.wikipedia.org`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/switch-search-engine)