Privacy policy

Bookmark Searchbar browser extension · effective 11 November 2026

Bookmark Searchbar is a browser extension that searches your bookmarks and open tabs and lets you add key terms, tags and icons to them.

What it reads

Your bookmarks (titles, URLs, folders) and the titles and URLs of your open tabs, through the browser's bookmarks and tabs APIs, each time you open the bar. In Chrome and Edge it also reads site icons from the browser's own favicon cache.

What it stores

The key terms, tags, icons and settings you add, in the browser's local extension storage (storage.local) on your device. Nothing is written anywhere else.

What it sends

Nothing. The extension has no server, no analytics, no accounts and no advertising, and it does not sync. The only way data leaves your browser is the set file you choose to export yourself. In Firefox only, for a bookmark that is not currently open, the extension may request the site's own /favicon.ico so the row can show that site's icon; that request goes to the site itself and carries no data about you beyond the request.

Permissions

• bookmarks: search, create, rename and move your bookmarks when you ask.
• tabs: find and switch to open tabs; bookmark the page you are on.
• storage: your key terms, tags, icons and settings.
• favicon (Chrome and Edge): site icons from the browser's cache.

Removing your data

Uninstalling the extension deletes its storage. The options page can also clear any entry individually.

Contact

Matthew Hanley, mattrlhanley@gmail.com.