Instagram Reels Ad Blocker

Hides sponsored Reels and blocks ad requests on Instagram desktop.

Hides sponsored Reels and blocks Meta ad requests on Instagram desktop. Simple on/off toggle. Free, no tracking. **Tired of ads interrupting your Instagram Reels feed on desktop?** Reels Ad Blocker for Instagram automatically detects and hides sponsored Reels the moment they appear — no manual skipping, no waiting for the ad to finish. **What it does:** • Hides Reels marked as "Ad", "Sponsored", or "Paid partnership" before they load • Blocks known Meta ad network requests at the browser level (graph.facebook.com, an.facebook.com, Instagram's ad API, and more) • Works on Chrome and Brave on Mac, Windows, and Linux • Tracks how many ads it's hidden — per session and all-time **How to use:** 1. Install the extension 2. Go to instagram.com/reels in your browser 3. That's it — sponsored Reels are hidden automatically Click the toolbar icon at any time to pause or resume blocking with a single toggle. **Privacy:** This extension collects absolutely no personal data. It does not track your browsing, transmit anything to external servers, or store anything beyond your on/off preference locally in your browser. The only permissions requested are the minimum needed to function: access to instagram.com pages, storage for your toggle setting, and the declarativeNetRequest API to block ad network calls. **Open source:** The full source code is available to inspect. No obfuscation, no hidden behaviour.