Seen Blocker

Blocks the 'Seen' feature on Facebook Messages.

What is Seen Blocker?

'Seen Blocker' is a Chrome extension designed for Facebook users who cherish their privacy. It allows you to open Facebook messages incognito, halting Facebook from sending 'Seen' notices to your contacts whenever you open a message. It equally prevents the 'Typing' indicator from showing up when you type a message. However, it doesn't block the 'Seen' feature from Facebook group posts. In addition, it offers a choice of two operation options that can be toggled on and off at your discretion.

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By: Micah's App Emporium

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Users: 5,000+

Rating: 3.54 (35)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2017-05-13)

Creation date: 2017-05-13

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://*.facebook.com/*
*://*.messenger.com/*

Size: 33.88K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 13952 ▼ 136

Other rankings

#384 in Social Networking ▲ 2 #158 in typing keyword 15 ▲ 7

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Summary

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Take privacy back into your own hands! Seen Blocker stops Facebook from reporting 'Seen' to messages that you open on Facebook.com. It also prevents the typing indicator from appearing as you type a message.

This extension is small and easy to use - two options are available which toggle the 'Seen' and 'Typing' blocking, and can be turned on and off at your leisure.

Note: This does NOT block the 'Seen' feature from Facebook group posts, only for messaging.

Source available on GitHub: https://github.com/MicahNus/Seen-Blocker

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Only extension that prevents messages reported as seen on Facebook
Open source
Simple and easy to use
Works as expected

Cons

Doesn't work with the new Facebook updates
Doesn't mark messages as read
Doesn't work for browser messaging
Does not block Seen for groups

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
New Facebook update
Need for updates on the extension
Ease of use

Recent reviews

doesnt work

sotos a., 2022-08-23

doesn't work

Alger Aranda, 2022-06-14

Doesn't work!

Cait Caps, 2022-02-11

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Safety

Risk impact

Seen Blocker is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Seen Blocker if you trust the publisher.