Fine Print Guard

How to use Fine Print Guard

Most of it works on its own. Here's what you can do when you want more.

See a site's grade

The letter on the toolbar icon is the grade for the site you're on, from A (fair terms) to F (serious problems). Click the icon to see why, in plain English.

Fine Print Guard pop-up grading google.com F, with the worst clauses in plain English

Open the full report

Click the icon, then Full report, or press Alt+Shift+R. Every finding links to the exact sentence in the site's terms, so you can check it yourself. Use Share image on the report to share a site's grade.

The full Fine Print Guard report for google.com, free to save as CSV, JSON, Excel or PDF

Pause blocking on one site

If a site looks broken, click the icon and choose Pause blocking here. Blocking stays on everywhere else.

Bring back something it hid

Press Alt+Shift+X to clear a box covering the page, or to bring back one it cleared. You can also click the icon and choose Clear a popup covering this page.

Check a page by hand

Press Alt+Shift+P, or right-click the page and choose Scan Page with Fine Print Guard.

Turn off the grade pop-ups

If you don't want grade cards on sign-up pages, switch off Grade pop-ups on pages on the welcome page, or in Settings. The grade on the icon stays.

Something not working?

Click the icon and choose Report a problem. It goes straight to the developer.