# Hide Images

> Blocks all images on a webpage. Enable/disable using browser action.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `image-hide`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SavageRu
- **Category:** privacy-security,appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 677
- **Weekly downloads:** 21
- **Rating:** 3.72 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-02-12
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-hide/)

## Description

Hide Images is a Chrome extension designed for users who want quick control over webpage images. With a simple browser action toggle, it blocks all images from loading, helping you browse distraction-free especially in public or sensitive settings. Whether you want to avoid unexpected or inappropriate images or simply speed up page loading, Hide Images offers an easy, one-click solution to manage your browsing visuals efficiently. Stay in control of your online experience by enabling or disabling images whenever you choose.

## Rankings

- #4,174 — Overall
- #13 — hd images
- #38 — image
- #39 — hd image
- #66 — text-to-image
- #223 — disable

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate Hide Images for its simplicity and effectiveness in quickly hiding most images without refreshing the page, aiding web development and accessibility tasks, and providing a quieter browsing experience. However, common issues include the extension hiding images by blanking rather than blocking downloads, leaving background images visible, lack of alt text display, limited customization options, and the need to re-enable it after restarting Firefox.

### Pros

- Simple and easy to use; toggles image visibility with one click.
- Effectively hides or blanks out most images as promised.
- Useful for web development and accessibility checking by disabling images.
- Does not require page refresh to enable or disable image hiding.
- Helps create a less distracting browsing environment, especially at work.

### Cons

- Does not block image downloads; images are still loaded despite being hidden.
- Background images are not hidden, limiting effectiveness.
- Alt text is not shown when images are hidden, affecting accessibility.
- No option to customize behavior like showing a solid color instead of images or more granular control.
- Extension settings are not persistent across browser restarts; user must re-enable.

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