---
title: "Custom Bang Search – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "822 users, rated 4.79 by 14 people. Version 0.11.4, updated 2026-04-13. Requests 14 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg"
---

# Custom Bang Search

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 822
- Rating: 4.79 from 14 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 07:07 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #26,967 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #7,309 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Use custom DuckDuckGo-style bangs directly from the address bar

- Extension ID: `oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg`
- Developer: [psidex](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ub0cee4487ac8713aaaa3bb1d155f65c6)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2021-10-18
- Last updated: 2026-04-13
- Version: `0.11.4`
- Size: 344 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/psidex/CustomBangSearch`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/custom-bang-search/oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Foobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 822 | 4.79 | 14 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `*://*.bing.com/*`: bing.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.brave.com/*`: brave.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.duckduckgo.com/*`: duckduckgo.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.ecosia.org/*`: ecosia.org and its subdomains
- `*://*.metager.org/*`: metager.org and its subdomains
- `*://*.mojeek.com/*`: mojeek.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.startpage.com/*`: startpage.com and its subdomains
- `*://kagi.com/*`: kagi.com
- `*://searx.be/*`: searx.be
- `*://searx.tiekoetter.com/*`: searx.tiekoetter.com
- `*://www.google.com/*`: www.google.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 07:07 UTC; next check around 2026-10-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Custom Bang Search” (oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg,
  title   = {Custom Bang Search (oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oobpkmpnffeacpnfbbepbdlhbfdejhpg},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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