WasteNoTime

Blocking time-wasting sites so you can be productive. Privacy conscious, feature rich, and highly customizable!
What is WasteNoTime?
WasteNoTime is a highly customizable and feature-rich Chrome extension that blocks time-wasting websites. It offers instant lockdown, per-site settings, work hour settings, and a time tracker. With minimal permissions required, WasteNoTime is privacy conscious and provides reports on your web usage.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-06-23
Users: 43,109+
Rating: 4.64 (851)
Version: 3.5.0.11298 (Last updated: 2020-04-16)
Creation date: 2020-04-13
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webNavigation
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • idle
  • storage
Size: 231.42K
URLs: Website

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

There are many "web blockers" in the Chrome Web Store but WasteNoTime is the only extension that requires the minimal permission (accessing your browser navigation history only) to do its job. Other extensions like Stayfocusd would require permission to “read and change all your data on all the web sites that you visit”.

WasteNoTime is not only privacy conscious but it is highly customizable and feature rich.

  • Instant Lockdown: Allows you to focus on your work for a period of time undistracted
  • Per-site setting: Allows you to customize the time quota for a particular web site
  • Work hour setting: allows you to define separate time quotas for your work and non-work hours
  • +Links setting: Allows you to track time spent not only on the web site itself but on any link navigated from it. Super useful for web sites like Reddit or Hacker News.
  • Time Tracker: Gives you reports on what web sites you spent most of your time, for the past day, week, or month

Currently supported locales: English, 中文 (Thanks to 赖巍!) If you are interested in localizing this extension in your language, please send me a message at the support web site.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps prevent wasting time on certain websites
  • Customizable settings
  • Ability to set passwords for restrictions
  • Free of charge
Cons
  • Requests full access to browsing history
  • May send URLs to author for blocked sites
  • Timer may stop working
  • Can be tricked into making changes from original URL
Most mentioned
  • Effective at preventing wasting time
  • Customizable settings
  • Free of charge
  • Ability to set passwords for restrictions
Recent reviews
これ無しじゃ生きていけません。
by ミユキいろ, 2023-06-12

The best site ever! have been able to block over 1000+ unwanted youtube videos!
by anon, 2023-06-11

どこで時間を潰してる(浪費してる)か分かりやすくていい 個人的には「過去の1日の閲覧時間」も見れたらさらに良いと感じた
by 晟也田嶋, 2023-05-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

WasteNoTime requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

WasteNoTime may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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