Referer Control

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Control the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis.

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Referer Control grants full control over the HTTP Referer. You can forge any referrer you want, both globally or on a per-site basis. Alternatively you can choose to disable the Referer completely.

Also works on the JavaScript document.referrer!

Latest reviews

HackerQED 2024-08-21: I've tried to implement this but failed. In V3 API declarativeNetRequest we aren't allowed to modify referer info like this extension does before. Long live `Referer Control` and welcome to an internet with less privacy. I feel really sad.
Rudie Dirkx 2024-08-10: Works well. Please update for newer Chrome manifest v3. I don't want to find another extension that does the same but not as well. Maybe open source it?
Aero Windwalker 2022-12-26: It does not work if I were to load the target url in a video tag. It works for fetch and xhr.
Aero Windwalker 2022-12-26: It does not work if I were to load the target url in a video tag. It works for fetch and xhr.
Owain Baber 2022-10-31: The < default action > blocks referrers on pages you haven't configured which renders some completely unusable. It's impossible to login to Synology Photos web app with this extension active and sites like the Nextdoor app are completely broken with this active.
Owain Baber 2022-10-31: The < default action > blocks referrers on pages you haven't configured which renders some completely unusable. It's impossible to login to Synology Photos web app with this extension active and sites like the Nextdoor app are completely broken with this active.
Benedikt Buchert 2022-08-09: Does not work for Javascript document.referrer changes. No intent from the developer to fix. So useless for me.
Benedikt Buchert 2022-08-09: Does not work for Javascript document.referrer changes. No intent from the developer to fix. So useless for me.
Mike Robinson 2022-01-27: This extension works in Chrome, but unfortunately not in Opera. Also, keep in mind that in order to get this extension to work on search engine results pages, you need to manually tick the "Allow access to search page results" in the extension details. This is turned off by default. Note to the dev, to get it to work in Opera, you need to do the following near the beginning of refererControl.js: (isChrome || isOpera) && 72 <= chromeVersion && optExtraInfoSpec.push("extraHeaders");
Andrew Ronding 2022-01-27: Works great, many thanks.
Andrew Ronding 2022-01-27: Works great, many thanks.
Mark Henry 2021-12-29: Doesn't work! I'm a developer and I tried removing the referer both in onBeforeSendHeaders() and onSendHeaders. Google chrome still adds it in the final request anyway. If you want to remove it you have to change the source code and build your own browser.
Mark Henry 2021-12-29: Doesn't work! I'm a developer and I tried removing the referer both in onBeforeSendHeaders() and onSendHeaders. Google chrome still adds it in the final request anyway. If you want to remove it you have to change the source code and build your own browser.
Keithen Hamilton 2021-11-30: There are no instructions!
Keithen Hamilton 2021-11-30: There are no instructions!
Cake Cake 2021-11-14: Very nice tool
Cake Cake 2021-11-14: Very nice tool
__ 2021-05-27: Doesn't work
__ 2021-05-27: Doesn't work
Nihad 2020-11-13: Worthless. Only changes HTTP referrer. You can still get the referrer through javascript.
Nihad 2020-11-13: Worthless. Only changes HTTP referrer. You can still get the referrer through javascript.
Derghi Arrinde 2020-07-02: Does not work on latest Vivaldi. I am a power user, a programmer, I make my own extensions. I tested this extensively. I think I just lost my time with this :-(
Derghi Arrinde 2020-07-02: Does not work on latest Vivaldi. I am a power user, a programmer, I make my own extensions. I tested this extensively. I think I just lost my time with this :-(
Alireza Mohamadi 2020-06-25: Apparently it sends "referrer" instead of "Referrer" which makes github return 422. Of course this is stupid of github but makes your extension problematic.
Alireza Mohamadi 2020-06-25: Apparently it sends "referrer" instead of "Referrer" which makes github return 422. Of course this is stupid of github but makes your extension problematic.
Shelly Liang 2020-01-14: very confusing, a bunch of clueless buttons, don't know how to add settings
Shelly Liang 2020-01-14: very confusing, a bunch of clueless buttons, don't know how to add settings
Hadi Farnoud 2019-08-31: it does not work. document.referrer is still the same. for anyone looking for an answer, you can do this manually: Object.defineProperty(document, "referrer", {get : function(){ return "http://kamva.ir"; }});
飞龙（Cirno） 2019-05-22: work fine
飞龙（Cirno） 2019-05-22: work fine
Trevor Powell 2019-04-23: Does what it needs to do.
Trevor Powell 2019-04-23: Does what it needs to do.
Anonymous 2019-02-26: Work like a charm
Anonymous 2019-02-26: Work like a charm
Anonymous 2018-11-30: Не удаляет &_openstat=(...) из ссылок с Яндекс.Маркета.
Andrew WTF 2018-09-25: Works nicely, straightforward UI, no nagging.
Andrew WTF 2018-09-25: Works nicely, straightforward UI, no nagging.
Gomahamaya Support 2018-09-06: I am really sorry for my last review your crome extension was good and was working fine . I gave bad rating because of page ruler extension then added search website and mofified my result . Thanks your work was good
Gomahamaya Support 2018-09-06: I am really sorry for my last review your crome extension was good and was working fine . I gave bad rating because of page ruler extension then added search website and mofified my result . Thanks your work was good
Deep Saurabh 2018-09-03: Doesn't work on Chrome 68
Deep Saurabh 2018-09-03: Doesn't work on Chrome 68
J J 2018-08-16: It does nothing. Has no instructions. What's the point!
J J 2018-08-16: It does nothing. Has no instructions. What's the point!
Joshua Walton 2018-07-26: Worked great for WSJ, but really needs more instructions.
Joshua Walton 2018-07-26: Worked great for WSJ, but really needs more instructions.
hedgehog ful 2018-06-04: Don't use it much, but it works. I use it to read the FT normally (pages load as if via google). Used to work w/ NYT and some other US papers, but these days I have a userscript for them.
hedgehog ful 2018-06-04: Don't use it much, but it works. I use it to read the FT normally (pages load as if via google). Used to work w/ NYT and some other US papers, but these days I have a userscript for them.
Anonymous 2018-04-18: [I'm a student in network security] This app does the job. Didn't used it extensively, but I used it to pass the level 4 of the Natas wargame by overthewire.
Stay Puft 2018-03-24: This extension does the job.
Stay Puft 2018-03-24: This extension does the job.

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