Disconnect

Disconnect

Make the web faster, more private, and more secure.

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What is Disconnect?
"Disconnect" is a prominent Firefox add-on that lets you visualize and block websites that track your search and browsing history. It improves web speed, reduces bandwidth use, and ensures a more private and secure browsing session. Distinguished by several awards for its efficiency, Disconnect is open-source, and works harmoniously with other filtering add-ons to provide an optimized internet experience.
Stats
Version: 20.3.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-02-29)
Creation date: 2013-09-14
Weekly download count: 927
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 1.90M
Stats date:

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Disconnect
Disconnect (v20.3.1.1)
4.41 (3,137) 500,000
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Summary

Visualize and block the otherwise invisible websites that track your search and browsing history.

Disconnect was named the best privacy tool by the New York Times (2016), Innovation Award winner for Best Privacy and Security software at South by Southwest (2015), listed as one of the 100 best innovations of the year by Popular Science and one of the 20 best Chrome extensions by Lifehacker.

▪ Load the pages you go to up to 44% faster and save up to 39% bandwidth.

▪ Stop tracking by thousands of third-party sites.

Disconnect is open-source, pay-what-you-want software.

You can get help on our site.

Note about using Disconnect with other filtering add-ons like Adblock Plus: Disconnect is compatible with other filtering add-ons, but if you want Disconnect to show blocking info, uninstall then reinstall any other filtering add-ons you have (i.e., Disconnect must be added first).

P.S. Green (or checked) means blocked!

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
  • Blocks various tracking
  • Can lighten website loading and operation
Cons
  • Causes issues with certain websites and authentication processes
  • Flagged as potential malware by some antivirus software
Most mentioned
  • Causing issues with Twitter/X website
  • Being flagged as malware by antivirus software
  • Not being maintained or updated
  • Overlap with Firefox's built-in tracking protection
Recent reviews
This Addon is old like me, in its times it was very top, I can remember it was responsible for speed per processor timely tasks in my workspace and was delivering a frequent 7-8% decrease in Firefox footprints in task manager but sometimes even up to 15% less Firefox footprint in task manager, it was remarkable tool and aside of that was no problem to see that using it accurately could speed up Firefox to indeed more than 25% frequently, even up to 35%, but could be more for easy users of Firefox, I always had plenty of tabs, maybe 40, maybe more and in matter of just 30 minutes as I was reading very fast ... For easy users of Firefox it can bring more speed ... So in conclusion is addon number 2 or 3 must have on Firefox ... However I dunno how it performs today. In that early times it was remotely building virgin routes onto servers hungry of newcomers to plant in cookies, unfortunately at this one didn't work that and as they were welcoming every new one leaving behind the familiar clients of these servers the speed in traffic is also increased and now add up the saved data and the broken backbones of these servers ... Indeed Disconnect was really pushing us forward faster in the jungle of idiots copycats and IT specialists fabricated serial mode ... It was a delight to have your Addon in Firefox you've done 25% of my job ... And it was free. Now is with Premium. Other people, other standards. Yesterday was developing networks. Today is eating ass works. But Disconnect is still a good one to have so I gladly noticed is still here. Happy day Team!


by F_Tux, 2024-07-24
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Safety
Risk impact

Disconnect 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 Disconnect if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Disconnect has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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