Chrometana - Redirect Bing Somewhere Better
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Redirect all Bing (and therefore Cortana) searches to a search engine of your choice!
Man it's been a long month. We got DMCA'd by Microsoft for the logo, but we got a new one from a very generous Preston Locke. Enjoy!
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My Google account was compromised and an unofficial version (1.1.3) was sent out as an update to all Chrometana users. That update bundled malware.
We are so incredibly sorry for this and are working with Google to identify how the account was compromised. We have just shipped update 2.0 out now, which includes a streamlined UI and NO MALWARE.
Please do not hesitate to contact Theo through Github or feedback on here at any point. Again, we are so sorry about this and are going far out of our way to prevent compromises from happening in the future.
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"This handy Chrome extension thwarts Microsoft's attempt to make Bing a thing." - CNET
Bing is an unfortunate thing. Defeat it with Chrometana, allowing for all Bing search requests to redirect to a search engine of your choice. Currently supports Google, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo redirects for all Bing searches, even Cortana ones! Make sure you're using Chrome as your default browser for this to work properly.
Condensed Changelog (Visit the blog for more detail):
v1.1.2 - Reverted tabs permission request, fallback is now a redirect script
v1.1.1 - The "small" update, decreased package size
v1.1.0 - UI overhaul
v1.0.2 - Fix for background app issue
In order for Chrometana to work when Chrome is closed, you must have background apps enabled. If you have disabled background apps, you can re-enable by doing the following:
1. Go to Chrome Settings
2. Click "Show Advanced Settings"
3. Scroll down to System
4. Check "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed"
Latest reviews
- Nicholas Heintz
- Works for me great for now despite the warning
- Jan Oskar Bukovský
- Theo is GOD!
- Tristan Thomas
- A lot of reviews saying it doesn't work. Works just fine for me.
- Andy Curto
- Used to work but doesn't seem to anymore :(.
- Rsnbl Facsimile (ajaxStardust)
- Definitely in the Required category.
- asid (asid)
- thank you thank you thank you
- Jacob Blackwell
- Doesn't work but the Chrometana Pro listed below in similar extensions, does work seemlesssly
- Matt McColley
- Doesn't work with Win 11. Taskbar search still defaults to Bing.
- Peter Berbee
- Does not work.
- Samir Fawzy
- doesnt work, windows search still opens bing and edge.
- Samir Fawzy
- doesnt work, windows search still opens bing and edge.
- Kristen Thorsten
- It does what it says it does. Idk why the other people are saying it doesn't work. It clearly does. Now tbh I can't find options for other browsers, so it only redirects Bing to Google, but it still works.
- Kristen Thorsten
- It does what it says it does. Idk why the other people are saying it doesn't work. It clearly does. Now tbh I can't find options for other browsers, so it only redirects Bing to Google, but it still works.
- serega404
- Also kill Bing Ai :(
- serega404
- Also kill Bing Ai :(
- Rob DeBusk
- Restarted computer, typed in "I'm Bringing Sexy Back" into the search bar, and it loaded chatgpt enabled bing.
- Rob DeBusk
- Restarted computer, typed in "I'm Bringing Sexy Back" into the search bar, and it loaded chatgpt enabled bing.
- Rodrigo Teixeira
- Uso no Edge, para remover o Bing, muito bom.
- o_o
- use this one instead > Chrometana Pro - Redirect Cortana and Bing
- o_o
- use this one instead > Chrometana Pro - Redirect Cortana and Bing
- Bruno
- Did not work for me. I got win11. não funcionou pra mim. Tenho windows 11.
- 찬
- 빙검색 안봐도돼서 좋아요 레알
- Sai Teja T
- Need to set additional settings to redirect bing searches in Windows to google. Works fine.
- Sai Teja T
- Need to set additional settings to redirect bing searches in Windows to google. Works fine.
- S G
- Was great until recently. Just stopped working. Reinstalling the add-in doesn't fix it.
- S G
- Was great until recently. Just stopped working. Reinstalling the add-in doesn't fix it.
- luke l
- doesnt work, windows search still opens bing and edge.
- luke l
- doesnt work, windows search still opens bing and edge.
- Nicolas Borensztein
- Use the free extension "Chrometana Pro" instead. Unfortunately the developer doesn't continue to maintain this extension. For security reasons, you should never rely on old unmaintained software, new vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Fortunately there's another developer maintaining a more modern version of this same extension. Just use that one. Worked for me as advertised.
- Nicolas Borensztein
- Use the free extension "Chrometana Pro" instead. Unfortunately the developer doesn't continue to maintain this extension. For security reasons, you should never rely on old unmaintained software, new vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Fortunately there's another developer maintaining a more modern version of this same extension. Just use that one. Worked for me as advertised.
- Toots
- No Longer works (Dec 2021)
- Toots
- No Longer works (Dec 2021)
- BeHappyBeVegan
- Doesn't work.
- BeHappyBeVegan
- Doesn't work.
- 西塔鬼若丸
- このアドオンは現在は使えない。 フリーソフトの「EdgeDeflector」も危険を含むサイトとして報告されている。 同じ機能のフリーソフトで「Search Deflector」は現在バージョンもアップしてインストール後の設定も簡単になり便利である。
- Thanh Hau Tran
- OMG I love this one, spent the whole morning try using Deflector but it does not work, this one help me in a minute. Thank you, thanks alot love you from HCMC.
- Thanh Hau Tran
- OMG I love this one, spent the whole morning try using Deflector but it does not work, this one help me in a minute. Thank you, thanks alot love you from HCMC.
- Cookie Wookie
- it works well but I would recomand getting the new version https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrometana-pro-redirect-c/lllggmgeiphnciplalhefnbpddbadfdi
- Cookie Wookie
- it works well but I would recomand getting the new version https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrometana-pro-redirect-c/lllggmgeiphnciplalhefnbpddbadfdi
- Jacob Dhoest
- Why is it not working? I have windows 10, downloaded extension with Chrome already set as default browser yet things still open up with microsoft edge. I also set my advanced Chrome settings to continue running background apps when Chrome is closed. Help pleeeeeeease.
- Jacob Dhoest
- Why is it not working? I have windows 10, downloaded extension with Chrome already set as default browser yet things still open up with microsoft edge. I also set my advanced Chrome settings to continue running background apps when Chrome is closed. Help pleeeeeeease.
- Mason Bond
- Works for cortana but only if EdgeDeflector is installed
- Mason Bond
- Works for cortana but only if EdgeDeflector is installed
- ZED DEZ
- worked for five minutes then it went sideways waste of time
- Christian Schünke
- would be fine to seperate these to options: - a search from lockscreen (where is this image from) just bing delivers the image of a lockscreen search) - a search from startmenu :)
- Christian Schünke
- would be fine to seperate these to options: - a search from lockscreen (where is this image from) just bing delivers the image of a lockscreen search) - a search from startmenu :)
- Gabriel Macedo
- Independente do que eu faça a Cortana não está pesquisando no Google Chrome.
- A W
- stops bing from hijacking my chrome. F bing
- A W
- stops bing from hijacking my chrome. F bing
- Lorenzo Principe (Parmigiana95)
- It does what it's meant to do, and it does it quickly! Using on new Microsoft Edge