Prevent Google Chrome from auto-adding custom search engines

Latest Version

Version

0.0.6

Update

July 22, 2019

Size

7.52KiB

Developer

Don't add custom search engines Extension

Stop websites from adding custom search engines with this simple extension.

This extension does not connect to any third-party servers.

Its source code is available here:
https://github.com/gregsadetsky/chrome-dont-add-custom-search-engines

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Updated July 22nd, 2019
- support for more sites (including DuckDuckGo)
- bug fixes

Updated June 16th, 2018
- support for more sites
- bug fixes

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "author": "Greg Sadetsky et al.", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Don't add custom search engines", "version": "0.0.6", "description": "Prevent Google Chrome from auto-adding custom search engines", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/gregsadetsky/chrome-dont-add-custom-search-engines", "minimum_chrome_version": "49.0.0.0", "offline_enabled": true, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["content.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "background": { "scripts": ["bg.js"] }, "icons": { "64": "icon-64.png", "128": "icon-128.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_title": "Don't add custom search engines", "default_icon": "icon-64.png" }, "permissions": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*" ]}

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User reviews

江川尋喜 (ID: 00000085383f49bb) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/06/2023 not working

Noel Henry (ID: 000000fbbb8a3b89) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/15/2023 Doesn't work at all.

Daniel Hobbs (ID: 0000009ba59d5cfe) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/07/2022 Thank you for freeing me. Would be handy if you there was a way of removing the thousands upon thousands chrome has added already... seriously google.. huge security issue here.

Felipe Schenone (ID: 0000004ab0eeeb76) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/11/2022 This extension has been so useful to me. Efficient management of my search engines boosts my productivity tenfold.

Simon Cheng (ID: 000000c43fce674d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/19/2022 Excellent! I personally use the search engine keyword feature a lot (e.g. g for Google, d for dictionary.com, wk for Wikipedia, wa for WolframAlpha, so for StackOverflow, etc.) and I hate sites randomly polluting my search list with entries I don't want. Would highly recommend. Edit: as of 2022 Chrome comes with a similar feature built-in - search engines are added but are "inactive" until explicitly activated by the user in Chrome settings. I think it's an arguably better implementation, which is why I will no longer be using this extension. Still, thank you Mr./Mrs. developer for your extension's great service!

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Don't add custom search engines