Advanced Profanity Filter

Advanced Profanity Filter

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

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What is Advanced Profanity Filter?

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.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Users: 917 ▼ -19
Version: 3.2.3 (Last updated: 2023-08-10)
Creation date: 2017-09-05
Weekly download count: 29
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 551.77K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

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Advanced Profanity Filter
Advanced Profanity Filter (v3.2.3)
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Merlin
Summary

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

  • Filter modes
    • Censor - Hide offending words
    • Substitute - Replace offensive words
    • Remove - Remove offensive words
  • Customizable word and substitution lists
  • Works everywhere, including popular pages such as:
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • Reddit
    • Twitter
  • Audio muting for videos on supported sites:
    • Amazon Video
    • Hulu
    • Netflix
    • Plex
    • Vudu
    • YouTube
    • And more! You can even add your own! (advanced)
For a detailed overview of the features and settings, please see the Getting Started page.
User reviews
User reviews summary
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
  • Easy to install and use
  • Works well on multiple platforms
  • Highly customizable with as many words as you prefer
  • Can transfer settings between browsers
  • Potential to work well in multiple languages
Cons
  • Deemed laggy on Firefox
  • Initially did not work well for some streaming platforms like Netflix and HBOMax
  • Inconsistently censoring words not on the filter list
  • Some characters in non-English languages may not work correctly
Most mentioned
  • Filter works well overall
  • Potential lag on Firefox
  • Ease of customization and install
  • Useful for blocking unwanted phrases
  • Does not catch all swear words in YouTube audio
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Safety
Risk impact

Advanced Profanity Filter is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Advanced Profanity Filter if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Advanced Profanity Filter is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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