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Chrome Blocker

A Chrome extension that blocks distracting content on social media sites while keeping essential features accessible.

Supported Sites

Instagram

  • Blocks main feed, stories, reels, and DMs
  • Allows access to search and user profiles

YouTube

  • Hides homepage feed, recommendations sidebar, and Shorts
  • Removes autoplay, end screen suggestions, and pause overlay suggestions
  • Hides search bar and left sidebar
  • Allows direct video playback via URL

Reddit

  • Blocks homepage, r/popular, r/all, and non-whitelisted subreddits
  • Allows configurable subreddit whitelist (edit reddit.js to customize)
  • Permits threads accessed from external links (Google, etc.)
  • Hides sidebars and community suggestions

X (Twitter)

  • Hides the right sidebar (trends, who to follow)
  • Hides most navigation items (Home, Notifications, Messages, Grok, Communities, etc.)
  • Keeps only Explore and Profile accessible

LinkedIn

  • Blocks the main feed
  • Allows access to profiles, posts, jobs, messages, notifications, and search

TikTok

  • Completely blocks the entire site

Wikipedia

  • Blocks the main portal and language-specific main pages
  • Removes clickable internal article links (prevents wiki rabbit holes)
  • Preserves navigation, search, table of contents, and external links
  • Disambiguation pages keep links functional

JetPunk

  • Completely blocks the entire site except my personal site
  • Configurable exceptions in jetpunk.js (one quiz currently allowed)

ZeroHedge

  • Completely blocks the entire site

Chess.com

  • Completely blocks the entire site

Facebook

  • Completely blocks the entire site

smol.ai

  • Hides Discord recap sections

Installation

  1. Clone or download this repository
  2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/
  3. Enable "Developer mode" in the top right
  4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder

Configuration

Reddit Whitelist

Edit the WHITELISTED_SUBREDDITS array in reddit.js to allow specific subreddits:

const WHITELISTED_SUBREDDITS = [
  'claudeai',
  'claudecode',
  // add your subreddits here
];

License

MIT

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