# You.com Default Web Search

> Sets Firefox's default search engine to You.com web search.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/you-com-default-web-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/you-com-default-web-search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `you-com-default-web-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Strawberry Crepe
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-23
- **First published:** 2023-05-22
- **Size:** 41 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/you-com-default-web-search/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/strawberry-crepe/You-Firefox-Extension/](https://github.com/strawberry-crepe/You-Firefox-Extension/)

## Description

You.com Default Web Search is a Firefox add-on that sets the default search engine to You.com web search, reverting the change from YouChat and removing unnecessary junk from URLs.

## Rankings

- #79,212 — Overall
- #27 — default search

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `localhost`
- `you.com`
- `*.you.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- 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/you-com-default-web-search)