I’ve had itwith the feed.

A browser extension that shuts Reels, Shorts and the For You page, and leaves everything else alone.

Shut my feedsHow it works

Nobody has ever reached the bottom of this.

It refills every time you pull. That’s the whole business model.

So we freeze it mid-swipe.

Your messages and the links people send you still open. Only the endless part stops.

Here’s the rest of your afternoon.

Take it back, free
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It can tell a link from a habit.

typed
Closed

Reels never open. There is no setting for that.

  1. instagram.com/reelsClosed
  2. instagram.com/p/C8x…/30 seconds
  3. youtube.com/shorts/…Closed
  4. youtube.com/watch?v=… · Education30 minutes
  5. instagram.com/direct/inboxOpen
  6. reddit.com/r/allPause first
  7. linkedin.com/jobs/view/…Open

  1. Feeds are shut by default

    Reels, Shorts, Explore, For You, the Facebook home page, the Reddit front page.

  2. Links get thirty seconds

    Arrive at a post from Google, an email or a group chat and it opens. Then it fades out.

  3. Typing the address costs a breath

    Open a site on purpose and you get a short pause and one question: what are you here to do?

  4. Long scrolls get noticed

    Twenty-five screens without stopping and the page dims to ask if you found it.

Works on

Try the pause yourself.

It takes six seconds. Plenty of people decide they didn’t need Instagram after all.

instagram.com, typed in

Hang on a second.

This is what shows up when you open Instagram on purpose.

We count the feeds you didn’t open.

Your dashboard shows the minutes you got back, the days you stayed under your limit, and the hours of the day your thumb goes looking for Instagram on its own.

See an example week
This week6 days under limit

4 h 12 min back

41 min 28 min 14 min
Today

Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc on your computer.

Next

Safari on iPhone and Firefox, including Android.

Price

Free

While we’re in early access. Early users keep a lower price later.

Questions people ask

Does it block the whole of Instagram?

No. The feed, Reels and Explore are shut. A post someone links you to opens for thirty seconds, and your DMs keep working.

What about YouTube tutorials?

Videos in Education, Science and How-to get a longer window. Shorts and the home page stay closed, and the recommendations sidebar is hidden on every video.

Can I turn it off when I really need to?

Yes. You type one sentence and wait sixty seconds. Most people close the tab during the wait, which is the point.

Does it work on my phone?

Not yet in the Instagram or TikTok apps. Those need a native app, which we're building. Safari on iPhone and Firefox on Android come first.

What do you see about my browsing?

Daily totals for the supported sites, like 14 minutes on YouTube on Tuesday, so your dashboard works on every device you use. Never the pages you open: those stay inside the extension.

How much does it cost?

Nothing while we're in early access. When a paid plan arrives, people who joined early keep a lower price.

I’ve had it.

If you said that out loud recently, this is for you.

Shut my feeds, free

Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc · two minutes to set up