Best alternatives to Panic Button (2026)
9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Panic Button, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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History Shortcut - Fast History Button
History Shortcut - One-click toolbar button to instantly open your browsing history page. Fast, lightweight, and private
≈100K users5.0★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions- About 20× more users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Clear Browsing History
Clear Browsing History Extension lets you clear browsing history on closing browser and disable browsing history saving easily!
≈2K users5.0★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago5 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube Play All Button
A browser extension that adds a “Play All” button in the “Videos”, “Shorts”, and “Live” tabs of a YouTube channel.
≈4K users4.1★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- A similar number of users to Panic Button
- Updated more recently
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Recent Tabs with your browsing history
Undo closed tabs with your browsing history
≈10K users4.4★ from 147 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Don't save to history
This extension lets you create a custom list of websites that will never be recorded in your browser's history.
≈2K users4.6★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
- Listed under Privacy & Security
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Cookie-Editor
Simple yet powerful Cookie Editor that allow you to quickly create, edit and delete cookies without leaving your tab.
≈2M users4.5★ from 426 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 400× more users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Click&Clean
Deletes typed URLs, Cache, Cookies, your Download and Browsing History...instantly, with just 1-click on Click&Clean button!
≈1M users4.4★ from 57.9K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years9 permissions- About 200× more users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 4)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Clear History
Quickly clears the browser history.
≈4K users3.9★ from 32 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years8 permissions- A similar number of users to Panic Button
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Cookie Editor
Simple yet powerful Cookie Editor that allow you to quickly create, edit and delete cookies without leaving your tab.
≈200K users3.5★ from 306 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions- About 40× more users than Panic Button
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
Panic Button alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Panic Button?
By users, the most popular alternative is Cookie-Editor with ≈2M users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is History Shortcut - Fast History Button.
Which Panic Button alternative has the best rating?
Cookie-Editor has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 426 ratings.
Is there a Panic Button alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
History Shortcut - Fast History Button asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Panic Button.
How many alternatives to Panic Button are there?
We list 9 close alternatives to Panic Button on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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