This minimalistic extension disables "Scroll to Text Fragment" feature in Google search results

Latest Version

Version

3.0.0

Update

August 31, 2024

Size

15.25KiB

Developer

Disable Google Search Text Highlights Extension

Google search results sometimes highlight text snippets on pages opened from search results.

The feature can sometimes be annoying, however currently there's no way to disable it from browser preferences.

This extension has been created to override it and disable the highlights.

Disable Google Search Text Highlights is open source software:
https://github.com/everyonesdesign/disable-google-search-text-highlights

☕ If you like the extension you can buy a coffee for the author here:
https://buymeacoff.ee/everyonesdesign

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Changelog

3.0.0
- migrate to manifest v3

2.1.1
- add deprecated domains back to the list (to avoid prompting users about the changed list and also in case Google brings them back in the future)

2.1.0 (unreleased)
- update Google domains list

2.0.0
- use runPatiently function to run as early as possible
- replace the links instead of updating urls
- run the script earlier (to make sure the links are replaced by the time the page is loaded)

1.1.0
- Only change href if text fragment is present
- Drop trailing \"#\" caused by text fragment

1.0.0
Major release
- Lower permissions level (specific domains instead of all_urls)
- Replace only :~:text piece of fragment directives, leaving other directives untouched
- Fix: remove text fragment for URLs with hashes
- Add tests

0.0.5
- Improve pattern for matching all the Google domains

0.0.4
- Fix an issue with breaking \"Tools\" buttons functionality on Google

0.0.2
- Initial stable version

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Tags:
Scroll to Text Fragment,
fragmentDirective
textFragment

Source Manifest.json

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"https://www.google.by/search?*", "https://www.google.ca/search?*", "https://www.google.cat/search?*", "https://www.google.cd/search?*", "https://www.google.cf/search?*", "https://www.google.cg/search?*", "https://www.google.ch/search?*", "https://www.google.ci/search?*", "https://www.google.cl/search?*", "https://www.google.cm/search?*", "https://www.google.cn/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ao/search?*", "https://www.google.co.bw/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ck/search?*", "https://www.google.co.cr/search?*", "https://www.google.co.id/search?*", "https://www.google.co.il/search?*", "https://www.google.co.in/search?*", "https://www.google.co.jp/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ke/search?*", "https://www.google.co.kr/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ls/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ma/search?*", "https://www.google.co.mz/search?*", "https://www.google.co.nz/search?*", "https://www.google.co.th/search?*", "https://www.google.co.tz/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ug/search?*", "https://www.google.co.uk/search?*", "https://www.google.co.uz/search?*", "https://www.google.co.ve/search?*", "https://www.google.co.vi/search?*", "https://www.google.co.za/search?*", "https://www.google.co.zm/search?*", "https://www.google.co.zw/search?*", "https://www.google.com/search?*", "https://www.google.com.af/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ag/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ai/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ar/search?*", "https://www.google.com.au/search?*", "https://www.google.com.bd/search?*", "https://www.google.com.bh/search?*", "https://www.google.com.bn/search?*", "https://www.google.com.bo/search?*", "https://www.google.com.br/search?*", "https://www.google.com.bz/search?*", "https://www.google.com.co/search?*", "https://www.google.com.cu/search?*", "https://www.google.com.cy/search?*", "https://www.google.com.do/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ec/search?*", "https://www.google.com.eg/search?*", "https://www.google.com.et/search?*", "https://www.google.com.fj/search?*", "https://www.google.com.gh/search?*", "https://www.google.com.gi/search?*", "https://www.google.com.gt/search?*", "https://www.google.com.hk/search?*", "https://www.google.com.jm/search?*", "https://www.google.com.kh/search?*", "https://www.google.com.kw/search?*", "https://www.google.com.lb/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ly/search?*", "https://www.google.com.mm/search?*", "https://www.google.com.mt/search?*", "https://www.google.com.mx/search?*", "https://www.google.com.my/search?*", "https://www.google.com.na/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ng/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ni/search?*", "https://www.google.com.np/search?*", "https://www.google.com.om/search?*", "https://www.google.com.pa/search?*", "https://www.google.com.pe/search?*", "https://www.google.com.pg/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ph/search?*", "https://www.google.com.pk/search?*", "https://www.google.com.pr/search?*", "https://www.google.com.py/search?*", "https://www.google.com.qa/search?*", "https://www.google.com.sa/search?*", "https://www.google.com.sb/search?*", "https://www.google.com.sg/search?*", "https://www.google.com.sl/search?*", "https://www.google.com.sv/search?*", "https://www.google.com.tj/search?*", "https://www.google.com.tr/search?*", "https://www.google.com.tw/search?*", "https://www.google.com.ua/search?*", "https://www.google.com.uy/search?*", "https://www.google.com.vc/search?*", "https://www.google.com.vn/search?*", "https://www.google.cv/search?*", "https://www.google.cz/search?*", "https://www.google.de/search?*", "https://www.google.dj/search?*", "https://www.google.dk/search?*", "https://www.google.dm/search?*", "https://www.google.dz/search?*", "https://www.google.ee/search?*", "https://www.google.es/search?*", "https://www.google.fi/search?*", "https://www.google.fm/search?*", "https://www.google.fr/search?*", "https://www.google.ga/search?*", "https://www.google.ge/search?*", "https://www.google.gg/search?*", "https://www.google.gl/search?*", "https://www.google.gm/search?*", "https://www.google.gr/search?*", "https://www.google.gy/search?*", "https://www.google.hn/search?*", "https://www.google.hr/search?*", "https://www.google.ht/search?*", "https://www.google.hu/search?*", "https://www.google.ie/search?*", "https://www.google.im/search?*", "https://www.google.iq/search?*", "https://www.google.is/search?*", "https://www.google.it/search?*", "https://www.google.je/search?*", "https://www.google.jo/search?*", "https://www.google.kg/search?*", "https://www.google.ki/search?*", "https://www.google.kz/search?*", "https://www.google.la/search?*", "https://www.google.li/search?*", "https://www.google.lk/search?*", "https://www.google.lt/search?*", "https://www.google.lu/search?*", "https://www.google.lv/search?*", "https://www.google.md/search?*", "https://www.google.me/search?*", "https://www.google.mg/search?*", "https://www.google.mk/search?*", "https://www.google.ml/search?*", "https://www.google.mn/search?*", "https://www.google.ms/search?*", "https://www.google.mu/search?*", "https://www.google.mv/search?*", "https://www.google.mw/search?*", "https://www.google.ne/search?*", "https://www.google.nl/search?*", "https://www.google.no/search?*", "https://www.google.nr/search?*", "https://www.google.nu/search?*", "https://www.google.pl/search?*", "https://www.google.pn/search?*", "https://www.google.ps/search?*", "https://www.google.pt/search?*", "https://www.google.ro/search?*", "https://www.google.rs/search?*", "https://www.google.ru/search?*", "https://www.google.rw/search?*", "https://www.google.sc/search?*", "https://www.google.se/search?*", "https://www.google.sh/search?*", "https://www.google.si/search?*", "https://www.google.sk/search?*", "https://www.google.sm/search?*", "https://www.google.sn/search?*", "https://www.google.so/search?*", "https://www.google.sr/search?*", 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User reviews

K Law (ID: 000000a0d517815c) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 05/30/2023 I came to this extension late, but I was glad to have found it. That said, it stopped doing what it says on the tin about a month ago, and I'm having to deal with these infuriating highlights constantly again, and it's like this extension isn't even installed on my browser. Very frustrating. I'm hoping whoever developed this extension can figure out a work-around, because quite frankly it's a stroke of genius (when it works)!

Patrick Harris (ID: 0000002f1cca5ac0) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 05/24/2023 Worked consistently as described until the past month or so and then the highlights came back everywhere in Gmail. Tried removing and adding the extension to Chrome again, changing extension permissions/settings, etc... Extension still doesn't seem to be working at all for me now.

gianni cerqueti (ID: 0000008aa67764a4) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/21/2023 Is it possible to remove blue text highlights from snippet?

Matt Holmes (ID: 0000003f6a10b3d4) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 02/14/2023 This extension fixes the top-level search result links, but not the "People Also Ask" links. I wrote this little Javascript which removes the text highlighting from ALL links, even if they appear after the initial page load. Just add the script to Tampermonkey or Styler for Google.com. /* Remove text highlighting from Google search result links */ var it=0; function f(){ if(it==0||document.hasFocus()){ it++; for(var a of document.querySelectorAll('ahref')){ var i=a.href.indexOf('#:~:text='); if(i>0)a.href=a.href.substr(0,i); } } } $(document).ready(function(){var iv=setInterval(f,500);});

HaasiAustria (ID: 00000068008b25cc) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/24/2023 Thank you for this very useful extension!

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Disable Google Search Text Highlights