Is Qwant - Search engine and tracker blocker safe?

Clean risk

Sets Qwant as the default search engine and helps block trackers during browsing.

This extension changes the browser’s default search engine to Qwant and offers AI-powered search assistance. It also blocks trackers, reduces cookies and ads, and states that Qwant does not store search history or resell personal data.

Qwantv8.1.4Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Qwant - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Qwant
Declared legal entity
Qwant
Registered address
42 Av. de la Prte de Clichy, Paris 75017, FR
Registered contact
Qwant

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 8.1.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Block and redirect the requests your browser makes

    declarativeNetRequest

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Qwant - Search engine and trackers blocker contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • Qwant

    Qwant - Search engine and trackers blocker sends data to Qwant. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026hnlkiofnhhoahaiimdicppgemmmomijo