# FocusTube - Shorts, Reels & Feed Blocker

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/focus-tube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/focus-tube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `focus-tube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Malek Wael
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 310
- **Weekly downloads:** 34
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2025-12-18
- **Size:** 98 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/focus-tube/)
- **Website:** [https://malekwael229.github.io/FocusTube/](https://malekwael229.github.io/FocusTube/)

## Description

**FocusTube** blocks distracting short-form videos, feeds, and navigation elements across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn—without blocking access to the websites themselves. Hide Shorts, Reels, Explore, Stories, feeds, and other endless-scroll entry points while keeping useful content available.

Choose Strict, Warn, or Passive Mode, and use the built-in focus and break timer to support studying, coding, research, work, and mindful browsing. FocusTube runs locally, stores settings and statistics in browser storage, includes no analytics or telemetry, and is free and open source.

## Rankings

- #6,641 — Overall
- #363 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #44 — focus
- #72 — custom feed
- #75 — youtube shorts
- #111 — tiktok

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `notifications`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://*.instagram.com/*`
- `*://*.tiktok.com/*`
- `*://*.facebook.com/*`
- `*://*.linkedin.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`
- `*.instagram.com`
- `*.tiktok.com`
- `*.facebook.com`
- `*.linkedin.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, instagram.com, tiktok.com, facebook.com, linkedin.com
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/focus-tube)