# Hangouts Background Remover

> Remove rotating background image from Google Hangouts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hangouts-background-remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hangouts-background-remover)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hangouts-background-remover`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andrew Gaul
- **Category:** appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.5resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-03-13
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hangouts-background-remover/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gaul/hangouts-background-remover](https://github.com/gaul/hangouts-background-remover)

## Description

Hangouts Background Remover is a Firefox add-on that allows you to remove the rotating background image from Google Hangouts, providing a distraction-free video call experience.

## Rankings

- #34,446 — Overall
- #76 — background
- #85 — hd backgrounds

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://hangouts.google.com/*`
- `*://lh3.googleusercontent.com/*`
- `*://www.gstatic.com/chat/hangouts/bg/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: google.com, googleusercontent.com, gstatic.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hangouts-background-remover)