Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories – YouTube, Facebook, Instagram

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 7, 2026
  description

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark / Light / Auto Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.9.1
  • Fixed Facebook filtering issues on newer Facebook routes and subdomains
  • Improved Reels, Stories, and Watch blocking reliability for desktop Facebook pages
  • Fixed Youtube Shorts visibility issue
  
  v1.9
  
  • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control
  • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Stories, and videos, plus Instagram Reels, Stories, and Explore — to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
  Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Hide Instagram Reels from your feed and navigation
  • Hide Instagram Stories and the stories tray
  • Hide Instagram Explore links and the Explore grid
  • Smooth Instagram feed — hidden Reels and Stories turn into compact placeholders, so your feed keeps loading instead of stalling or jumping back to old posts
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls for every platform
  • Dark / Light / Auto Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly (no data collection)
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Instagram Reels, Stories, and Explore can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v2.0
  
  • Added Instagram support: hide Reels, Stories, and Explore
  • Smooth Instagram feed — hidden Reels and Stories become compact placeholders, so the feed keeps loading instead of stalling or jumping back to older posts
  • Added an Instagram tab and app icon to the popup
  
  v1.9.1
  
  • Fixed Facebook filtering issues on newer Facebook routes and subdomains
  • Improved Reels, Stories, and Watch blocking reliability for desktop Facebook pages
  • Fixed Youtube Shorts visibility issue
  
  v1.9
  
  • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control
  • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

• Jun 7, 2026
  short_description

  Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels & Stories to reduce distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused online.

  Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Stories, Videos, and Instagram Reels, Stories, or Explore to stay focused online.

• Jun 7, 2026
  name

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories for YouTube & Facebook

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories – YouTube, Facebook, Instagram

• Jun 7, 2026
  host_permissions

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.facebook.com/*

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.facebook.com/*, *://instagram.com/*, *://*.instagram.com/*

• May 29, 2026
  description

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark / Light / Auto Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.9
  
  • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control
  • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark / Light / Auto Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.9.1
  • Fixed Facebook filtering issues on newer Facebook routes and subdomains
  • Improved Reels, Stories, and Watch blocking reliability for desktop Facebook pages
  • Fixed Youtube Shorts visibility issue
  
  v1.9
  
  • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control
  • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

• May 24, 2026
  description

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode
  
  Customize your browsing experience with beautiful Dark Mode and Light Mode themes directly inside the extension popup.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark / Light / Auto Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.9
  
  • Added an Auto option to the popup theme switcher so Light, Dark, and device-based theme selection work from the same control
  • Updated Facebook Reels and video selectors for more reliable hiding on newer Facebook markup
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

• May 11, 2026
  description

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a productivity-focused Chrome extension that helps you remove distracting short-form content from YouTube and Facebook so you can stay focused while browsing.
  
  Instead of constantly getting pulled into YouTube Shorts or Facebook Reels, you can instantly hide them and enjoy a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode  
  You can now switch between dark and light themes directly from the extension interface for a better visual experience.
  
  Key Features:
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from your feed and navigation  
  • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline  
  • Hide Facebook Stories from your feed  
  • Hide Facebook Videos from your timeline  
  • Focus Mode to instantly block distracting content  
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode theme switcher  
  • Simple toggle controls to customize your browsing experience  
  • Lightweight and fast
  
  Why use this extension?
  
  Short-form content like Shorts and Reels can easily lead to endless scrolling and distractions. This extension helps you take control of your browsing experience and focus on what matters.
  
  Perfect for:
  
  • Students  
  • Developers  
  • Remote workers  
  • Productivity enthusiasts  
  • Anyone who wants to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  This extension does not track your browsing activity and does not collect personal data.
  
  Take back control of your browsing experience and stay focused.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.7  
  • Polished tab styling, toggle rows, CTA section 
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout 
  
  v1.6  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle  
  • UI improvements and visual enhancements  
  
  v1.5  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls  
  
  v1.4  
  • Performance optimizations  
  • Enhanced privacy improvements  
  • Chrome Web Store compliance updates  
  
  v1.3  
  • Enhanced modal interface  
  • Improved toggle system  
  • Active count display and status indicators  
  • Modern UI improvements  
  
  v1.2  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories  
  
  v1.1  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button  
  • Redirect Reels page to homepage on Facebook  
  
  v1.0  
  • Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a powerful productivity Chrome extension designed to help you remove distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused while browsing YouTube and Facebook.
  
  Instantly hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Facebook Stories, and distracting Facebook videos to create a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience built for productivity, studying, and deep work.
  
  Whether you're a student, developer, remote worker, creator, or productivity enthusiast, this extension helps you take back control of your attention and reduce social media distractions with one click.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode
  
  Customize your browsing experience with beautiful Dark Mode and Light Mode themes directly inside the extension popup.
  
   Key Features
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from the homepage, feed, and navigation
  • Remove Facebook Reels from your timeline and feed
  • Hide Facebook Stories instantly
  • Block distracting Facebook Videos
  • Focus Mode to reduce distractions and improve concentration
  • Simple one-click toggle controls
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode support
  • Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly
  • Clean and modern user interface
  • Improve productivity and reduce screen time
  
  Why Use This Extension?
  
  Short-form content is designed to keep users scrolling for hours.
  
  YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and Stories can quickly interrupt focus, reduce productivity, and create endless distraction loops.
  
  This extension helps you:
  
  • Stay focused while studying or working
  • Reduce mindless scrolling and dopamine-driven distractions
  • Create a cleaner YouTube and Facebook experience
  • Improve concentration and digital wellbeing
  • Build healthier browsing habits
  
  Focus more on what matters — and less on algorithm-driven distractions.
  
  Perfect For
  
  • Students
  • Developers
  • Remote workers
  • Office professionals
  • Productivity enthusiasts
  • Deep work sessions
  • Anyone trying to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  Your privacy matters.
  
  This extension does NOT:
  • Track browsing activity
  • Collect personal data
  • Store user information
  • Sell or share data
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser for a fast and secure experience.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.8
  
  • Added an optimized lightweight build system for faster performance and cleaner extension packaging
  • Improved dynamic content filtering and navigation handling for YouTube and Facebook pages
  • Enhanced reliability when blocking Shorts, Reels, Stories, and distracting content during page refreshes
  • Refined popup UI with dedicated Focus Mode, Shorts, Reels, and Facebook Stories icons
  • Improved toggle-row alignment, icon sizing, and overall visual consistency
  • Minor UI polish and performance optimizations for a smoother browsing experience
  
  v1.7
  
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout
  • Improved toggle rows, tabs, and CTA sections
  • Enhanced usability and cleaner visual hierarchy
  • Better responsive layout and smoother interaction experience
  
  v1.6
  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle
  • Improved popup accessibility and visual consistency
  • UI enhancements and smoother interactions
  
  v1.5
  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  • Improved navigation and settings management
  
  v1.4
  
  • Performance optimizations and faster execution
  • Enhanced privacy and Chrome Web Store compliance updates
  • Internal stability improvements
  
  v1.3
  
  • Improved modal interface and toggle system
  • Added active status indicators and count display
  • Refined modern UI components
  
  v1.2
  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories
  
  v1.1
  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button
  • Redirect Facebook Reels page to homepage
  
  v1.0
  
  • Initial release

• May 11, 2026
  short_description

  Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels and Stories to reduce distractions and stay focused while browsing.

  Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels & Stories to reduce distractions, stop endless scrolling, and stay focused online.

• May 11, 2026
  name

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories – YouTube & Facebook

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories for YouTube & Facebook

• May 3, 2026
  description

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a productivity-focused Chrome extension that helps you remove distracting short-form content from YouTube and Facebook so you can stay focused while browsing.
  
  Instead of constantly getting pulled into YouTube Shorts or Facebook Reels, you can instantly hide them and enjoy a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode  
  You can now switch between dark and light themes directly from the extension interface for a better visual experience.
  
  Key Features:
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from your feed and navigation  
  • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline  
  • Hide Facebook Stories from your feed  
  • Hide Facebook Videos from your timeline  
  • Focus Mode to instantly block distracting content  
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode theme switcher  
  • Simple toggle controls to customize your browsing experience  
  • Lightweight and fast
  
  Why use this extension?
  
  Short-form content like Shorts and Reels can easily lead to endless scrolling and distractions. This extension helps you take control of your browsing experience and focus on what matters.
  
  Perfect for:
  
  • Students  
  • Developers  
  • Remote workers  
  • Productivity enthusiasts  
  • Anyone who wants to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  This extension does not track your browsing activity and does not collect personal data.
  
  Take back control of your browsing experience and stay focused.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.6  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle  
  • UI improvements and visual enhancements  
  
  v1.5  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls  
  
  v1.4  
  • Performance optimizations  
  • Enhanced privacy improvements  
  • Chrome Web Store compliance updates  
  
  v1.3  
  • Enhanced modal interface  
  • Improved toggle system  
  • Active count display and status indicators  
  • Modern UI improvements  
  
  v1.2  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories  
  
  v1.1  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button  
  • Redirect Reels page to homepage on Facebook  
  
  v1.0  
  • Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a productivity-focused Chrome extension that helps you remove distracting short-form content from YouTube and Facebook so you can stay focused while browsing.
  
  Instead of constantly getting pulled into YouTube Shorts or Facebook Reels, you can instantly hide them and enjoy a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode  
  You can now switch between dark and light themes directly from the extension interface for a better visual experience.
  
  Key Features:
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from your feed and navigation  
  • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline  
  • Hide Facebook Stories from your feed  
  • Hide Facebook Videos from your timeline  
  • Focus Mode to instantly block distracting content  
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode theme switcher  
  • Simple toggle controls to customize your browsing experience  
  • Lightweight and fast
  
  Why use this extension?
  
  Short-form content like Shorts and Reels can easily lead to endless scrolling and distractions. This extension helps you take control of your browsing experience and focus on what matters.
  
  Perfect for:
  
  • Students  
  • Developers  
  • Remote workers  
  • Productivity enthusiasts  
  • Anyone who wants to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  This extension does not track your browsing activity and does not collect personal data.
  
  Take back control of your browsing experience and stay focused.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.7  
  • Polished tab styling, toggle rows, CTA section 
  • Complete popup UI redesign with a modern card-based layout 
  
  v1.6  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle  
  • UI improvements and visual enhancements  
  
  v1.5  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls  
  
  v1.4  
  • Performance optimizations  
  • Enhanced privacy improvements  
  • Chrome Web Store compliance updates  
  
  v1.3  
  • Enhanced modal interface  
  • Improved toggle system  
  • Active count display and status indicators  
  • Modern UI improvements  
  
  v1.2  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories  
  
  v1.1  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button  
  • Redirect Reels page to homepage on Facebook  
  
  v1.0  
  • Initial release

• Apr 18, 2026
  description

  A Chrome extension that helps you hide distracting content from YouTube and Facebook, including Shorts, Stories, Reels, and Videos. Features a modern modal interface with enhanced toggle controls and real-time status indicators. 
  
  With Hide Shorts, Stories, Reels, Video on Youtube & Facebook you can:
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from your feed and navigation
  • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline
  • Hide Facebook Stories from your feed
  • Hide Facebook Videos from your timeline
  • Redirect Shorts, Stories, Reels & Video Page to Homepage.
  
  Changelog:
  v1.5 - Tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls
  v1.4 - Performance optimizations, enhanced privacy, Chrome Web Store compliance, and community features
  v1.3 - Enhanced modal interface with improved toggle system, active count display, status indicators, and modern UI design
  v1.2 - Hide Stories from facebook
  v1.1 - Hide Reels "see more" button & redirect reels page to homepage in facebook
  v1.0 - Initial release

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories is a productivity-focused Chrome extension that helps you remove distracting short-form content from YouTube and Facebook so you can stay focused while browsing.
  
  Instead of constantly getting pulled into YouTube Shorts or Facebook Reels, you can instantly hide them and enjoy a cleaner, distraction-free browsing experience.
  
  NEW: Dark Mode & Light Mode  
  You can now switch between dark and light themes directly from the extension interface for a better visual experience.
  
  Key Features:
  
  • Hide YouTube Shorts from your feed and navigation  
  • Hide Facebook Reels from your timeline  
  • Hide Facebook Stories from your feed  
  • Hide Facebook Videos from your timeline  
  • Focus Mode to instantly block distracting content  
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode theme switcher  
  • Simple toggle controls to customize your browsing experience  
  • Lightweight and fast
  
  Why use this extension?
  
  Short-form content like Shorts and Reels can easily lead to endless scrolling and distractions. This extension helps you take control of your browsing experience and focus on what matters.
  
  Perfect for:
  
  • Students  
  • Developers  
  • Remote workers  
  • Productivity enthusiasts  
  • Anyone who wants to reduce social media distractions
  
  Privacy Friendly
  
  This extension does not track your browsing activity and does not collect personal data.
  
  Take back control of your browsing experience and stay focused.
  
  Changelog
  
  v1.6  
  • Added Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle  
  • UI improvements and visual enhancements  
  
  v1.5  
  • Added tab system for organizing YouTube and Facebook controls  
  
  v1.4  
  • Performance optimizations  
  • Enhanced privacy improvements  
  • Chrome Web Store compliance updates  
  
  v1.3  
  • Enhanced modal interface  
  • Improved toggle system  
  • Active count display and status indicators  
  • Modern UI improvements  
  
  v1.2  
  • Added option to hide Facebook Stories  
  
  v1.1  
  • Hide Facebook Reels “See more” button  
  • Redirect Reels page to homepage on Facebook  
  
  v1.0  
  • Initial release

• Apr 18, 2026
  short_description

  Hide Shorts, Stories, Reels & Videos from Facebook & YouTube. Control your content consumption with simple toggles.

  Hide YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels and Stories to reduce distractions and stay focused while browsing.

• Apr 18, 2026
  name

  Hide Shorts, Stories, Reels & Video

  Hide Shorts, Reels & Stories – YouTube & Facebook

Permissions & access

Permissions

webNavigationtabsstorage

Host access

*://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.facebook.com/*, *://instagram.com/*, *://*.instagram.com/*

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