FocusTube - Shorts, Reels & Feed Blocker

Block YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok, Facebook Reels and LinkedIn feeds without blocking the sites.

Block distracting social media feeds, short-form videos, and endless scrolling while keeping the useful parts of websites available. FocusTube is a privacy-first social media distraction blocker and focus extension for people who want fewer feeds, less doomscrolling, and more control over how they browse. Use it while studying, coding, researching, working, or browsing normally. FocusTube can hide or block supported short-form video sections, social feeds, discovery areas, Stories, navigation shortcuts, recommendations, and other distracting entry points without blocking the entire website. MAIN FEATURES • Short-form video and social feed blocker • Hide distracting navigation and discovery sections • Strict, Warn, and Passive blocking modes • Built-in focus and break timer • Per-platform controls • Optional timer notifications • Simple local blocked-count statistics • Optional controls for supported gaming and discovery surfaces • Community-feed blocking while individual posts, comments, and search remain available CHOOSE YOUR BLOCKING MODE Strict Mode Blocks supported distractions immediately. Warn Mode Shows a warning before opening supported distracting content, with the option to continue. Passive Mode Hides selected distractions without redirects or warning screens. FOCUS AND PRODUCTIVITY Use the built-in focus timer when you want stronger distraction blocking for a study or work session. Break sessions temporarily restore the intended browsing experience. PRIVACY FIRST FocusTube is designed to work locally in your browser. Settings, timer state, and blocked-count statistics are stored using browser-local storage. FocusTube has no analytics or telemetry and does not send your browsing activity, settings, or statistics to a FocusTube-controlled backend. FREE AND OPEN SOURCE FocusTube is free and open source. A useful tool for studying, productivity, coding, research, work, and everyday browsing when you want access to useful website features without getting pulled into endless scrolling.