Hide Shorts & Reels · YouTube and Instagram, in your browser

Turn thefeed down.

Quiet Feed hides Shorts, Reels and the endless recommendations. Look up what you came for, watch it, and get on with your day.

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What goes quiet

Everything designed to keep you scrolling. Nothing you came for.

  1. Shorts, everywhere

    Search results, the sidebar, the bottom tab, every shelf.

  2. The home feed

    Open YouTube to a search box, not a slot machine.

  3. Up next

    Suggestions beside a video and the wall that appears when it ends.

  4. Reels

    See what friends posted on Instagram without the video treadmill.

Each one has its own switch. Optional: open Shorts links as normal videos.

Why another one

The hard part isn't hiding Shorts. It's still hiding them next month.

YouTube and Instagram change their pages all the time, and the most common complaint about Shorts blockers is simple: “it stopped working after an update.” Quiet Feed's rules are tested against the live sites, and fixes reach you automatically within hours. No app update needed.

$ What the test checks
  • Shorts hidden in search (desktop)
  • Sidebar Shorts entry hidden
  • Shorts hidden in search (iPhone)
  • Bottom-bar Shorts tab hidden
  • Suggestions hidden on watch pages
  • Switches apply without reloading
  • Shorts links open as normal videos

Promises

Works the moment you install it

Everything is on by default. Nothing to set up.

Nothing leaves your device

No account, no analytics, no ads. Your settings stay in your browser.

Pay once

No subscription, now or later. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Price

Chrome · Firefox · Edge
Free

Same features, no catch.

iPhone · iPad · Mac
$2.99

Once. For Safari on all your Apple devices.

Questions

Does it work in the YouTube or Instagram app?

No. Extensions can't change apps. It works when you use the websites in a browser: Safari on iPhone and iPad, or Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox on a computer. Many people delete the apps and use the websites for exactly this reason.

Why is the Safari version paid?

Publishing for Safari comes with a yearly developer fee, and the rules need fixing every time the sites change. $2.99 once keeps it maintained without ads or a subscription.

What does it collect?

Nothing. It downloads a public list of what to hide every few hours; that request carries nothing about you and isn't logged. See the privacy policy.

Is it made by YouTube or Instagram?

No. It's an independent project by one developer, not affiliated with YouTube, Google, Instagram or Meta.

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