Speed Tweaks

Speed up your browser with few tweaks via toolbar popup!

Speed Tweaks - An add-on for swifter browsing in Edge

Speed Tweaks is an exceptional add-on for Microsoft Edge users. This tool enhances your browsing speed with a selection of seven practical tweaks, including blocking common ads, DNS pre-fetching, preventing images from loading, speeding up rendering on page-scroll, loading mobile site versions, discarding all inactive tabs from memory, and clearing the browser's cache. While the performance of these tweaks may depend on your browser version and platform, they have proven essential for an efficient browsing experience.

Add-on stats

Users: 2,870
84
Rating: 4.70
(3)
Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2024-02-15)
Creation date: 2020-09-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • privacy
  • browsingData
  • notifications
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 45.88K

Other platforms

Speed Tweaks (v0.1.6)
4.31 (26) 7,000
Speed Test (v1.24.05.22)
3.11 (118) 213,565
Speed Tweaks (v0.1.3)
3.48 (33) 976
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Add-on summary

Speed Tweaks is an addon that helps you speed up your browser by using a few different tweaks. Simply open the toolbar popup and mark the desired item(s). Please note that none of the tweaks are selected by default.

Currently, there are 7 tweaks available for this addon:

  1. Blocking most common ads.
  2. DNS pre-fetching.
  3. Blocking images from loading.
  4. Speed-up rendering on page-scroll.
  5. Loading mobile version of sites.
  6. Discarding all inactive tabs from memory.
  7. Clearing the browser's cache.

Note 1: depending on your browser version and platform, this addon might behave differently.

Note 2: to report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/speed-tweaks.html).

User reviews

nice
by TadeTade, 2023-09-12

The only speed up extension that actually works. I cannot attest to the ad blocking but it works great alongside UBlock Origin
by Adam, 2023-06-29

WORKED!! just remember to turn on the tweaks
by GSM, 2021-07-28
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Speed Tweaks requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Speed Tweaks has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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