Distraction Blocker Chrome extension icon

Distraction Blocker

📦 v2.0
💾 509KiB
📅 2026-03-13
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Overview

Distraction Blocker helps you take back control of your browsing.
Social media platforms are designed to keep you scrolling — endless
recommendations, auto-playing shorts, comment sections, and sidebars
that pull your attention away from what you actually came to do.

With Distraction Blocker, you decide what you see.

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WHAT IT DOES
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Click the extension icon on any supported site and instantly toggle
off the elements that distract you. Changes apply in real time —
no page reload needed.

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YOUTUBE
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• Hide the header / navigation bar
• Hide the sidebar (both expanded and mini modes)
• Hide video recommendations
• Hide the comments section
• Hide Shorts

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REDDIT
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• Hide the header
• Hide the left sidebar
• Hide the right sidebar

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KEY FEATURES
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• Per-element control — hide exactly what bothers you, keep what you need
• Instant toggle — changes apply live without reloading the page
• Settings sync — your preferences sync across all your Chrome devices
• Works on dynamic pages — handles content loaded after the page opens
• Lightweight — no background processes, no performance impact

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PRIVACY FIRST
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Distraction Blocker collects zero personal data. It has no analytics,
no tracking, and no external servers. Your preferences are stored
locally using Chrome's built-in storage. That's it.

Permissions used:
• storage — to remember your toggle preferences
• activeTab — to detect which site you're on when you open the popup

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OPEN SOURCE
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Distraction Blocker is fully open source. You can inspect every line
of code on GitHub. No hidden behavior, ever.

Tags

Productivity/tools social-media video productivity/tools

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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