--- title: Trump Filter: Chrome Extension Blocks Donald Trump Mentions description: It comes with three settings — mild, aggressive and vindictive — and aims to transfer the spotlight from Trump to other candidates canonical: https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-31T06:55:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:46.646Z og:title: A New Google Chrome Add-On Blocks Donald Trump From The Web og:description: It comes with three settings — mild, aggressive and vindictive. og:url: https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b70f1f9318319f3/6988773c428a9ee3bdcd0c25/gettyimages-502742156.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2462 og:image:height: 1385 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In Nashua, New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A New Google Chrome Add-On Blocks Donald Trump From The Web twitter:description: It comes with three settings — mild, aggressive and vindictive. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b70f1f9318319f3/6988773c428a9ee3bdcd0c25/gettyimages-502742156.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Someone Made a Google Chrome Filter to Block Donald Trump From Your Internet > Sponsored content. 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Trump Behind the Scenes_ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 31, 2015 6:55 AM UTC  Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Pennichuck Middle School in Nashua, N.H., on Dec. 28, 2015 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Pennichuck Middle School in Nashua, N.H., on Dec. 28, 2015 Darren McCollester—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 31, 2015 6:55 AM UTC Few people have dominated the media — particularly online — in 2015 like Donald Trump has. Mentions of the business mogul and Republican presidential candidate are nearly impossible to escape on the Internet, but a new Google Chrome extension called the [Trump Filter](http://trumpfilter.com/) aims to change that. The add-on is available in the Chrome web store and has three adjustable levels of filtration — mild, aggressive and vindictive — for the level Donald Trump references that it finds and eliminates from one’s web browsing experience, CNNMoney reports. The filter was created by Brooklyn-based self-proclaimed “Internet Mathemagician” Rob Spectre, who says he created it not at the behest of any political entity (or anyone else) but “out of a profound sense of annoyance and patriotic duty.” Spectre’s goal behind the extension’s creation is reportedly to transfer the spotlight from Trump to other candidates, as well as the issues America is facing in the lead-up to next year’s presidential election. “I hope folks will take this opportunity to learn more about the wide field of candidates out there,” he told [CNNMoney](http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/30/news/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome/index.html?sr=fbmoney123115donald-trump-filter-google-chrome1234AMStoryLink&linkId=20001967). “People are looking to turn him off.” \[[_CNNMoney_](http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/30/news/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome/index.html?sr=fbmoney123115donald-trump-filter-google-chrome1234AMStoryLink&linkId=20001967)\] [Read TIME’s cover story on Donald Trump](http://time.com/trump/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/"},"headline":"Someone Made a Google Chrome Filter to Block Donald Trump From Your Internet","datePublished":"2015-12-31T06:55:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:46.646Z","description":"It comes with three settings — mild, aggressive and vindictive","url":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","politics","2016","President","Donald Trump","candidate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b70f1f9318319f3/6988773c428a9ee3bdcd0c25/gettyimages-502742156.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b70f1f9318319f3/6988773c428a9ee3bdcd0c25/gettyimages-502742156.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In Nashua, New Hampshire","caption":"Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In Nashua, New Hampshire","creditText":"Darren McCollester—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/","name":"Someone Made a Google Chrome Filter to Block Donald Trump From Your Internet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Scenes With Donald Trump","description":"Trump Behind the Scenes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8z07UrJ6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-19T22:24:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8z07UrJ6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4164800/donald-trump-filter-google-chrome-extension/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```