# Hide Comments Everywhere

> An anti-social social extension to hide commenting systems like Disqus, Livefyre, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube, etc.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-comments-everywhere](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-comments-everywhere)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hide-comments-everywhere`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Grant Winney
- **Category:** appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 285
- **Weekly downloads:** 15
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.16
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23
- **First published:** 2018-04-27
- **Size:** 753 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-comments-everywhere/)
- **Website:** [https://grantwinney.com/hide-comments-everywhere/](https://grantwinney.com/hide-comments-everywhere/)

## Description

**Hide Comments Everywhere** is a Chrome extension designed to hide various commenting systems across the web, including popular platforms like Disqus, Livefyre, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube, and many news sites and forums. It provides users with a clutter-free browsing experience by removing comment sections that can be distracting or unwanted.

Users can configure the extension with personal blacklists and whitelists to control which sites' comments are blocked or allowed. These lists are synchronized across devices when logged into the same account, ensuring consistent behavior. The extension offers a simple toggle button in the toolbar to quickly enable or disable comment blocking on individual tabs. It leverages permissions to modify web page content by hiding comment-related elements, prioritizing user customization and control.

Developers and users can contribute by suggesting additional commenting platforms to block or by submitting pull requests to the open-source repository. For support or feature requests, users can open issues with detailed information to help improve the extension.

## Rankings

- #6,894 — Overall
- #22 — comment
- #84 — event
- #87 — commands
- #141 — wordpress
- #187 — system

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grantwinney/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/hide-comments-everywhere)