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 I 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
scroll

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/allAsk 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.

I 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.

Add to Chrome
Next

Safari on iPhone and Firefox, including Android.

Price

$2.99/wk

After 10 free days. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.

What the research says

All posts
Phones

How to stop checking your phone at work (2026 Pew data)

Half of American adults feel the same pull, and the experiments suggest a better setup helps where willpower runs out.

25 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
Sleep

Social media and sleep in college students: 4 new studies

Your feed may be costing you sleep in ways you won't notice, and a midnight phone curfew may not be the fix.

25 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
Habits

How to stop short video addiction: lessons from 3,857 students

The research on students who can't stop scrolling points less at willpower and more at loneliness and stress, which changes what tends to work.

25 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

Site by site

All guides

How to block Instagram Reels on a computer

Block Instagram Reels, Explore and the home feed in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc, while posts, profiles and DMs keep working. Plus what Instagram offers.

How to use Instagram only for messages

Use Instagram just for DMs on a computer. Shut the home feed, Reels and Explore, keep instagram.com/direct open, and see what Instagram itself lets you do.

How to hide YouTube Shorts on desktop

Hide YouTube Shorts in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc. Remove the Shorts shelves and sidebar link, put a pause before the Shorts feed, and keep normal videos.

How to hide YouTube recommendations and the home feed

Hide YouTube recommendations, related videos, end screens and the home feed on a computer, and keep search and the videos you choose. Built-in options too.

How to block the TikTok For You page on a computer

Block TikTok's For You page, Following, Explore and Live in your desktop browser, and keep single videos and messages. What TikTok's own limits do too.

How to hide the For You feed on X (Twitter)

Hide the For You feed on X (Twitter) on a computer. Use X's Following tab and Lists, or shut the home timeline and Explore while posts and DMs keep working.

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 I'm 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?

The first 10 days are free. You add a card to start, and nothing is charged until day 10. Then it's $2.99 a week, less than a coffee, for every browser and phone on your account. Cancel before day 10 and you pay nothing.

I’ve had it.

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

Shut my feeds, 10 days free

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