Web Filter extension enables safe web filtering and Google safe search in Chrome.

Latest Version

Version
1.13
Update
October 7, 2024
Size
47.9KiB
Developer
spinsafebrowser.com
Category
Users
8,000+
Rating
4.03922 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Storage
WebNavigation
DeclarativeNetRequest
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Web Filter Extension

Protect Your Online Experience with Our Free Chrome Web Filter

Looking for a way to ensure your browsing experience is safe and free from inappropriate content? Our free Chrome extension is designed to automatically block access to pornography, adult material, and inappropriate websites. Additionally, our extension enforces Google’s strict SafeSearch and Youtube.com's Restricted Mode to keep search results cleaner and a more secure online environment.

Why Install our Web Filter for Chrome Extension?
✅ Instant Protection: As soon as you install the extension, it immediately filters out adult content and blocks access to inappropriate sites, helping you browse safely without constant worry.
✅ SafeSearch Enforcement: Your Google searches and image results are automatically filtered to exclude harmful content, ensuring a family-friendly browsing experience every time. Includes enforcement of YouTube's Restricted Mode to filter out inappropriate videos.
✅ Self-Managed Safety: Ideal for those who want to take control of their online safety, this extension allows you to manage your browsing experience without needing external software or complicated setups.

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Categories Blocked Automatically with Web Filter for Chrome
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🚫 Pornography
🚫 Nudity
🚫 Prone to Bad Content
🚫 Unsafe Search Engines
🚫 File Sharing domains
🚫 VPN or Proxy domains

Who Is It For?
This web filter is perfect for parents looking to protect their children, individuals who want to avoid explicit content, and anyone who values a safer internet experience. While this extension cannot be password protected to prevent removal, it’s a simple yet effective tool for maintaining online security.

Important Information: If you’re using this in a managed environment like a school or workplace, administrators can enable policies to prevent the extension from being removed, ensuring consistent protection across all devices.

📲 Get our SPIN Safe Browser for your Android and iOS devices: https://spinsafebrowser.com/

🛡️ Get Filter Chrome Android app: web filter for the Chrome Browser, blocks Popular Browsers and Adult Content, Block & Time Limit Apps + More on your Android device. Learn more: https://filterchrome.com

Why use the Web Filter for Chrome?
► Free web filter for Chrome
► Nothing to configure - web content filtering and safe search just works
► No Login or Signup required
► We Listen, love feedback and will block the grey area of sites that are prone to bad content and unblock sites that are good but are accidentally blocked since some robot was just not that smart! Just email our support team at [email protected].

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Support portal: https://community.useboomerang.com/hc/en-us/sections/360000687332-SPIN-Safe-Browser-and-Manage-SPIN
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Feedback: [email protected]
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Web Filter for Chrome", "version": "1.13", "description": "Web Filter for Chrome extension enables safe web filtering and Google safe search in Chrome.", "permissions": [ "storage", "webNavigation", "declarativeNetRequest" ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "host_permissions": [ "*://*/" ], "action": { "default_icon": { "19": "images/icon-19.png", "38": "images/icon-38.png" } }, "icons": { "16": "images/icon-16.png", "48": "images/icon-48.png", "128": "images/icon-128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install Web Filter extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Web Filter extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Web Filter extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Web Filter extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Web Filter extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Web Filter extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Web Filter Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Web Filter extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Web Filter extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Web Filter extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Web Filter extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Web Filter extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Web Filter extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Web Filter extension file

Select and download the Web Filter extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Web Filter extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Web Filter extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Web Filter extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Web Filter extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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HOSI MASAHIKO (ID: 000000a053d8c8b6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/25/2023 今後ともによろしくお願いします。

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TJ freelancer (ID: 000000cae98bb229) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/25/2023 Best ever app. Very good respond team to make any update of blocked and unblocked site. Super app.

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Joshua Montgomery (ID: 000000d7b41f481a) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 07/19/2023 It blocks stuff that i actually want to see- I almost missed a Live stream because of it!

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Gaurav Pundkar (ID: 000000093316952f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/13/2022 I tried and tested all the web filter extensions available out there , Believe me , this is the only one which works like a miracle , they have a domain of millions of websites and url and its impossible to bypass after locking this extension through registry editor , But request to creators add some websites lists in blacklist which are used for movie downloading like hdmovieshub

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Gaurav Pundkar (ID: 00000063d23235c1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/12/2022 Great