User-Agent Switcher Extension

The User-Agent Switcher is a tiny browser extension to easily change the default User Agent string of the browser. It supports Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and should work fine with other Chromium-based browsers. Install this extension from Chrome Store or Microsoft Edge Store.

This extension has few preset User-Agent strings like those of Firefox on Windows 10, Google Chrome on Android, Microsoft Edge, Safari on iPadOS, Google bot etc. Users can add a custom User-Agent string as well.

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How To Use?

Once installed successfully, you would notice extension’s icon on the browser toolbar as shown in the above screenshot. Click on this icon to change the User-Agent setting of your browser. The extension pop-up has the options to change browser’s User-Agent string and enter a custom User-Agent string, as shown in the above screenshot.

To add and use a custom User-Agent string, enter your desired string in the input box and click on the save button. Now, select the option “My Custom User-Agent” in the drop-down menu.

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To check and verify your User-Agent string setting, visit our tools page which also shows your public IP address, Do-Not-Track setting, Save-Data client hint request header setting and proposed prefer: safe HTTP header setting.

Available User-Agent Strings

The following user-agent strings are available with this extension. Moreover, users can also add one custom user-agent string.

  • Firefox on Windows 10
  • Chrome on Android 10 (Pixel 4)
  • Safari on iOS
  • Safari on iPadOS or macOS
  • Chrome on Chromebook (ChromeOS)
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Microsoft Edge on macOS
  • Googlebot (Classic and Smartphone)

This tiny browser extension is very light-weight and handy. If you have any feedback or suggestion, feel free to leave a comment below or email us at browsernative.apps@gmail.com. If you find this extension useful, please rate it 5-stars on Chrome Web Store.

14 thoughts on “User-Agent Switcher Extension”

  1. You should consider changing the User-Agent Switcher icon or at least allow options for different icons to choose. I’m using Edge in Dark Mode and the extension icon is VERY difficult to see. Perhaps a Dark Mode and a Light Mode version would be beneficial.

  3. Could you please add user agent of Opera Mini? It was a very popular mobile browser till recent past. Here is the user agent string of Opera Mini:

    Opera/9.80 (Android; Opera Mini/22.0.2254/60.271; U; en) Presto/2.12.423 Version/12.16

  4. I love it! It works perfectly without fail!, plus when I clicked to verify it was working it turned me on to the privacy extension!

  5. In the example above for the pop-up window, I had to hit the Settings (gear) button to get the window. There was no icon on my Edge browser toolbar.

  6. @Crane: I guess you are confused with some other extension or tool. This application is a browser extension, and doesn’t require WinZip etc. It installs directly in your browser without requiring any other utility.

  7. sorry but seems to be a confusing set up
    (1) is winzip actually
    required to use or operate this addon extension !
    (2) if so is there any charge for winzip initially or ongoing if it is required !
    (3) article seems to suggest a simple download to place addon app on the edge browser, then wants to update all drivers why !
    (4) is wording “my poor user agent” actually supposed to be entered in the user agent string box outlined, or an example just so the app is recognisable to the user. I appreciate your reply comments, Thanks

  9. chromebook user agent string? please add it to the list. I’m using the following :

    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS x86_64 12499.20.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36

  10. good extension. I like it for its simplicity and to-the-point approach.

    I have just one request: add more pre set strings like Safari on iPhone and more like it.

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