Behind The Overlay

One click to close any overlay on any website.

What is Behind The Overlay?

'Behind The Overlay' is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to instantly close any overlay on any web page. It allows facile keyboard shortcut usage - ctrl+shift+x on Windows, cmd+shift+x on MacOS. It doesn't rely on a static list of rules, offering versatility and compatibility with any website, but instead operates when activated by the user. The extension doesn't necessitate any permissions and doesn't affect browsing performance. Furthermore, it also removes blurred backgrounds and discounts scroll bars, enhancing the viewing experience.

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By: NicolaeNVM

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.18 (338)

Version: 0.2.2 (Last updated: 2024-01-06)

Creation date: 2017-08-04

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting

Size: 58.34K

Email: ni*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2095 ▼ 37

Other rankings

#2460 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1

#1 in overlay keyword 46

#79 in shift keyword 38 ▼ 1

#124 in close keyword 15 ▲ 1

#256 in scroll keyword 19 ▼ 1

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Behind The Overlay (v0.2.1)

4.59 (66) 15,300+

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Summary

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Close any overlay on any website with a single click or keys. Use keyboard shortcut on Windows ctrl+shift+x or on MacOS cmd+shift+x (think about x as the close button you can use on any website). Once you get used to the keyboard shortcut, you'll be using it all the time and gonna love it ! ; )

Important features:

It works on any website. It doesn't rely on a static list of rules, as some other extensions.
It doesn't require any permissions.
No performance impact on your browsing. It will only activate when triggered.
(NEW) Also removes blurred backgrounds and unlocks the scroll bar.

Important changes

0.2.2 - 05/01/2024 Update to make it work with the latest versions of Chrome that only supports manifest v3.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Effectively removes overlays
Can bypass paywalls and pop-ups
Works on many websites
Easy to use
Useful for enabling page scrolling

Cons

May interfere with scrolling on some websites
May not work on all websites
May cause issues with viewing videos on certain websites
Extension icon does not clearly represent its function

Most mentioned

Effectively removes overlays
Bypassing paywalls and pop-ups
Works on many websites
Problems with scrolling
Extension icon not representative of function

Recent reviews

finally able to pass the annoying cookies oerlays -- thank you

jin, 2021-03-01

Works well on most sites, sometimes though the overlays will also disable scrolling so I can't actually view the whole webpage. Would be nice if it could enable that too.

Gavin P, 2021-07-26

I just installed this because I noticed anti-ad-block overlays on weather.com. So far, I like it. Using AdblockPlus (ABP), I could easily block the overlays, but it doesn't handle the problem of re-enabling page scrolling. This extension does that. I ended up removing the element-hiding rules I'd created with ABP and I use this extension's shortcut key to activate it. The only thing that could be better would be for this extension to be called as part of a ABP rule, for this extension to automatically act on certain specified websites, or to prompt the user if overlays are detected.