Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories

What it does

Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a productivity-focused Chrome extension that helps you take control of distracting content on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories, videos, sponsored content, and more—so you can focus on what matters without giving up the platforms you use every day. For students, developers, remote workers, creators, and anyone who wants a more intentional browsing experience, Hide puts you back in control.

Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories, Explore, sponsored posts, ads, and distracting video feeds on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Core blocking is free, and Pro can be claimed free when you join our community or leave an honest review.

Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories and other distracting content so you can focus on what truly matters. Seven filters are switched on the moment you install, across YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Nothing to configure. Shorts are hidden automatically so the YouTube feed stays focused. Reels stay hidden from Facebook surfaces without extra setup. Facebook and Instagram Stories are removed to keep social browsing cleaner. Feed videos stay hidden, and their audio is stopped rather than left playing out of sight. The Explore tab is hidden and its direct links are redirected back to your feed. Facebook ads are cleared from the feed and sidebar. This one ships switched off. Free hides all of it from…from waafaa.com

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  Hey HN, I just launched a free Chrome extension called Stop Reels — it blocks Reels/short videos on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, without breaking other features like messaging or the regular feed. Why I built it Like many people, I found myself endlessly scrolling Reels even when I only opened the apps for something specific. The algorithms are too good at hijacking attention. There are tools to block entire sites, but none I found that just surgically block Reels and Shorts — and leave the rest of the platform functional (DMs, posts, marketplace, etc). So I built…

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  A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · ▲128

  Hi HN! I built this little extension to prevent, in my opinion, the most offensive anti-pattern used by tech companies. That is removing the seek bar in short-form videos. The "seek bar" is the bar at the bottom of a video that progresses as you play the video, and that you can click on or drag to skip around. Why companies ever thought it was a good idea to get rid of this I don't know, but I find it infuriating, so I decided to add it back for myself and thought others might like it too. ReelControl adds a progress bar and seeking capabilities to videos on Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and…

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