Before 2023 by Ivan

Silently adds before:2023 to every Google search, so you get the pre-AI web: forums, blogs and documentation written by people. One toolbar switch turns it on and off. No settings, no accounts, no data collected.

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About this extension

Google got noisier. A huge share of what now ranks was generated after 2023 — thin AI-written articles, rewritten listicles, pages built for the crawler rather than for you.

Google already has a fix built in: the before: operator. Typing "before:2023" at the end of a query hides everything published since. The problem is remembering to type it, every single time.

Before 2023 types it for you.

HOW IT WORKS

Search Google normally. The extension appends before:2023 to your query and the results page loads already filtered. You never see an extra step — the query in the search box just has the operator on the end, where you can edit or delete it like any other text.

Flip it off from the toolbar whenever you actually want current results. The button shows an "OFF" badge so you always know which mode you're in, and the choice is remembered.

DETAILS

Works on 60+ Google domains, not just google.com — your local Google is covered
Leaves a query alone if you already typed a before: operator yourself
Keeps every other search parameter intact (language, images, tools, verbatim)
Follows your Firefox light or dark theme
Under 100 lines of code, no libraries, no build step

PRIVACY

The extension makes no network requests of its own, contains no analytics, no tracking, no remote code and no accounts. The only thing it stores is a single on/off flag, kept locally in your browser. Nothing about your searches leaves your machine.

Open source, MIT licensed.

TIP

Want a different cut-off year? The operator lives on line 3 of background.js — change 2023 to any year.

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Permissions and data

Required permissions:

Access your data for sites in the google.com domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ru domain
Access your data for sites in the google.co.uk domain
Access your data for sites in the google.de domain
Access your data for sites in the google.fr domain
Access your data for sites in the google.es domain
Access your data for sites in the google.it domain
Access your data for sites in the google.nl domain
Access your data for sites in the google.pl domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.ie domain
Access your data for sites in the google.se domain
Access your data for sites in the google.no domain
Access your data for sites in the google.dk domain
Access your data for sites in the google.fi domain
Access your data for sites in the google.cz domain
Access your data for sites in the google.gr domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ch domain
Access your data for sites in the google.at domain
Access your data for sites in the google.be domain
Access your data for sites in the google.hu domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ro domain
Access your data for sites in the google.bg domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.hr domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.lv domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ee domain
Access your data for sites in the google.by domain
Access your data for sites in the google.kz domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ge domain
Access your data for sites in the google.am domain
Access your data for sites in the google.az domain
Access your data for sites in the google.ca domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.mx domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.co.in domain
Access your data for sites in the google.co.jp domain
Access your data for sites in the google.co.kr domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.hk domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.tw domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.sg domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.au domain
Access your data for sites in the google.co.nz domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.com.vn domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.my domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.pk domain
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Access your data for sites in the google.com.ng domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.co domain
Access your data for sites in the google.com.pe domain

Data collection:

The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.