User-Agent Switcher and Manager
A configurable browser extension that changes the User-Agent string the browser reports, globally or per site.
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About User-Agent Switcher and Manager
User-Agent Switcher and Manager spoofs the identity your browser presents to websites. It changes the User-Agent sent in request headers and the matching JavaScript properties such as navigator.userAgent, navigator.appVersion and navigator.platform, so pages see a consistent picture.
It also handles newer identification methods, including Client Hints headers and the navigator.userAgentData object. Web developers use it to test how sites respond to other browsers and devices, and others use it to get past sites that refuse a particular browser.
Strengths
- Changes both request headers and JavaScript navigator properties
- Supports Client Hints and navigator.userAgentData
- Global or per-site rules
Limitations
- Spoofing can break sites that rely on accurate browser detection
- Does not hide other fingerprinting signals
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to install.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Ray Lothian
- Platforms
- Browser extension
- How it runs
- Browser extension
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Web developers testing sites as other browsers or devices
- Categories
- Browser tools, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to User-Agent Switcher and Manager
Compare allSoftware that can replace User-Agent Switcher and Manager for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Chameleon
A Firefox extension that spoofs the browser profile and user agent to make fingerprinting harder.
Chameleon is built for Firefox and spoofs the wider browser profile as well as the user agent, aiming at fingerprinting resistance rather than developer testing.
ModHeader
A browser extension for modifying HTTP request and response headers and cookies while testing.
ModHeader edits request and response headers and cookies with URL, tab or resource filters, but does not describe changing JavaScript navigator properties or Client Hints.
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