---
title: "SearchLock+ : Private Search – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "20,000 users, rated 4.37 by 178 people. Version 1.0.8, updated 2026-09-09. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn"
---

# SearchLock+ : Private Search

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 20,000
- Rating: 4.37 from 178 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-08 21:47 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #3,895 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #165 of 5,693

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Make every search private. SearchLock+ reroutes Google, Bing & Ask searches to SearchLock. No history, no profile, no tracking.

- Extension ID: `kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn`
- Developer: [searchlock](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u88f257db3a1bb8bce8f116db658727c6)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Privacy & Security](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/privacy)
- First published: 2017-08-01
- Last updated: 2026-09-09
- Version: `1.0.8`
- Size: 122 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (5): Deutsch, English, español, français, português (Brasil)
- Website: `searchlock.com`
- Support page: `https://www.searchlock.com/support`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/searchlock+-private-searc/kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-08 | 20,000 | 4.37 | 178 |
| 2026-11-02 | 20,000 | 4.37 | 178 |
| 2026-10-26 | 20,000 | 4.37 | 178 |
| 2026-10-19 | 20,000 | 4.37 | 178 |
| 2026-10-12 | 20,000 | 4.22 | 178 |
| 2026-10-04 | 20,000 | 4.22 | 178 |
| 2026-09-28 | 20,000 | 4.22 | 178 |
| 2026-09-27 | 20,000 | 4.22 | 178 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-01: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `*://*/`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-08 21:47 UTC; next check around 2026-11-15.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “SearchLock+ : Private Search” (kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn,
  title   = {SearchLock+ : Private Search (kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kfdpgmeoacdoadgannnoajmnbodcfmbn},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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