A lightweight, privacy-friendly browser extension that restores the missing Maps tab in Google Search results.
🚀 Install from Chrome Web Store
Google Search used to provide a convenient Maps shortcut alongside tabs such as Images, Videos, Shopping, and News.
Restore Maps Tab brings that shortcut back.
Search for a place, restaurant, landmark, business, address, or anything else and click Maps to immediately continue the same search in Google Maps.
No copying. No opening Maps manually. No searching twice.
- 🗺️ Restores the Maps shortcut in Google Search
- 🔎 Automatically uses your current search query
- 🎨 Matches Google's existing navigation style
- 🌓 Works with light and dark themes
- ⚡ Handles Google's dynamic page navigation
- 🇬🇧 English interface support
- 🇹🇷 Turkish interface support
- 🪶 Extremely lightweight
- 🔒 No analytics
- 🚫 No tracking
- 💾 No user data storage
- 🔑 No unnecessary browser permissions
Restore Maps Tab runs locally on supported Google Search pages.
It detects Google's search navigation bar and inserts a Maps shortcut alongside the existing navigation options.
When clicked, the current search query is passed directly to Google Maps.
For example:
Google Search
coffee shops in Istanbul
↓
Click "Maps"
↓
Google Maps
coffee shops in Istanbul
The extension does not send your search query to the developer or to any developer-operated server.
🚀 Install from Chrome Web Store
You can install the extension manually from this repository:
- Download or clone this repository.
- Open Chrome or another compatible Chromium browser.
- Navigate to:
chrome://extensions
- Enable Developer mode.
- Click Load unpacked.
- Select the extension directory.
- Open Google Search and perform a search.
The Maps shortcut should now appear in the search navigation.
restore-maps-tab/
│
├── assets/
│ ├── icon128.png
│ └── screenshot.png
│
├── icons/
│ ├── icon16.png
│ ├── icon32.png
│ ├── icon48.png
│ └── icon128.png
│
├── content.css
├── content.js
├── manifest.json
│
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
├── PRIVACY.md
└── README.md
icons/ contains the production icons packaged with the extension.
assets/ contains images used by this README and other project documentation.
Restore Maps Tab is designed to be as simple and privacy-friendly as possible.
The extension does not:
- Collect personal information
- Collect browsing history
- Store search queries
- Use analytics
- Use telemetry
- Track users
- Display advertisements
- Communicate with developer-operated servers
The current Google Search query is read locally only to construct the destination Google Maps URL when the Maps shortcut is used.
For complete details, see PRIVACY.md.
Restore Maps Tab does not request additional Chrome extension permissions.
The content script only operates on the Google Search pages explicitly declared in manifest.json.
| Platform | Status |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | ✅ Supported |
| Microsoft Edge | ✅ Supported |
| Brave | ✅ Expected to work |
| Other Chromium browsers | ✅ Expected to work |
| Firefox | ⏳ Not officially supported yet |
| Safari | ⏳ Not supported yet |
Currently tested with:
google.comgoogle.com.tr- English interface
- Turkish interface
Support for additional Google domains and languages may be added in future releases.
Restore Maps Tab uses:
- JavaScript
- CSS
- Chrome Extensions Manifest V3
There is no build system, framework, package manager, or external dependency.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/restore-maps-tab.gitThen load the project directory using Load unpacked from chrome://extensions.
Contributions are welcome.
If Google changes the structure of its Search interface and the Maps shortcut stops appearing correctly, please open an issue.
Useful information to include:
- Browser and version
- Google Search language
- Google domain
- Description of the issue
- Screenshot, if appropriate
Please remove private or sensitive information from screenshots before uploading them.
Pull requests for fixes, compatibility improvements, and additional language support are also welcome.
Open a GitHub Issue and describe what happened.
If possible, mention whether the problem involves:
- The Maps tab not appearing
- Incorrect tab positioning
- Incorrect language
- Google changing the navigation layout
- A specific Chromium browser
Possible future improvements:
- Additional Google domains
- Additional interface languages
- Improved resilience to Google UI changes
- Firefox support
- Automated compatibility testing
The goal is to keep the extension focused and lightweight rather than turn it into a large feature suite.
Distributed under the MIT License.
See LICENSE for more information.
Restore Maps Tab is an independent third-party browser extension.
It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially associated with Google LLC.
Google, Google Search, and Google Maps are trademarks of Google LLC.