Advanced Profanity Filter

Advanced Profanity Filter helps to clean up bad language on the websites you and your family visit.

Advanced Profanity Filter - Firefox Add-on for Cleaner Browsing

Advanced Profanity Filter is a comprehensive solution to purge offensive words from online content that you interact with. It seamlessly filters out profanity in various modes – censor, substitute, and remove. It also offers customizable word and substitution lists. Apart from an array of popular websites, it also provides audio muting for videos on supported sites. This add-on helps promote a cleaner, safer internet experience to its users.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
By: FrostCo
Daily users: 1,488
-3
Rating: 4.80
(56)
Version: 4.1.0 (Last updated: 2025-02-23)
Version code: 5897995
Creation date: 2017-09-05
Weekly download count: 45
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 661.10K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Advanced Profanity Filter (v4.1.0)
10,000 4.49 (202)
Not available on Android
Advanced Profanity Filter (v4.1.0)
3,778 4.40 (12)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effectively censors swear words in audio and subtitles
  • Allows users to add custom words to the filter
  • Seamless integration while browsing
  • Works well on platforms like Hulu and Netflix
Cons
  • Slows down website loading times
  • Inconsistencies in muting audio, sometimes affecting unintended words
  • Not compatible with all streaming services (e.g., HBO Max)
  • Requires user guidance to navigate settings
Most mentioned
  • Performance issues with website loading speed
  • Audio muting duration is too long
  • Customizable word list feature
  • Compatibility issues with streaming services like HBO Max
User reviews

It's great for bleeping out words in articles
by Bookjunkie42, 2025-01-30

This extension is great in all but it slows down websites a lot.
by Ha2-53, 2024-11-29
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Advanced Profanity Filter requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Advanced Profanity Filter. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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