Is Better Search safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change your data on all getbettersearch-api.com sites
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

• *://*.getbettersearch-api.com/* getbettersearch-api.com and all its subdomains

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 5 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 5% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 28% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

200k users

• Last updated in the store 142 days ago, on 2026-06-11.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

Better Search. This listing has been in the store since 2024-11-07 and was last updated on 2026-06-11.

Similar extensions that ask for less

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1. One Browser Search No permissions at all · No permissions declared 8 users
2. Search With You No site access · 1 permission 8 users
3. YouGo Internet Search No site access · 2 permissions 18 users

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Better Search access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does Better Search collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Better Search asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Better Search publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.