Grayscale the Web - Save Sites

Grayscale the Web - Save Sites

Removes all color from websites, turning them gray. Can be set for specific sites and tabs, or for all sites.

What is Grayscale the Web - Save Sites?
Grayscale the Web - Save Sites is an ingenious Chrome extension that removes color from websites, making them appear in grayscale. By eliminating color, it turns attractive sites into boring ones, thus reducing your tendency to over surf and waste time. The extension is adjustable and can be applied to all sites, specific tabs, or custom lists of sites. Sites can also be exempted from grayscale effect. Boost your productivity with a less distracting web browsing experience.
Stats
Users: 10,000+
Version: 1.0.6 (Last updated: 2018-05-24)
Creation date: 2018-05-24
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
Size: 46.54K
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Summary

PLEASE NOTE************** When you first install Grayscale the Web, you will need to refresh any tabs that were already open before this will work for them. Once you refresh a tab it should work from then on out. Any new tabs you open should work fine right away.


Can't stop surfing the web? You may not realize it, but all of that color is designed to hijack your brain and keep you browsing.

Grayscale the Web is a great solution to help with this. It removes all of the color, giving sites a plain, grayed out look. They will appear much more boring, and that's the whole point. You'll soon find that time wasting sites hold your attention less, and this will hopefully help you focus on whatever it is you really need to be doing.

Grayscale the Web lets you turn on grayscale for all sites, specific tabs, or whatever sites you choose. You can also exclude specific sites from turning gray when using the all sites or specific tab settings.

Click the Grayscale the Web icon in your chrome menu bar to use the pop up menu to change settings, or click the 'Manage Saved/Excluded Sites' link there to go to the options page to manually manage and add or remove sites.

NOTE: This plugin won't work on certain, chrome specific pages like the chrome web store.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works well
  • Retains readability
  • Useful for reducing distractions
Cons
  • Settings are not user-friendly
  • Causes screen blinking
  • Doesn't work on some websites
Most mentioned
  • Works well
  • Useful for reducing distractions
  • Doesn't work on some websites
Recent reviews
by moshe kohn (Moko) moshe kohn (Moko), 2024-03-26

by Vũ Huỳnh Vũ Huỳnh, 2024-01-03

Works great and retains readability (unlike other ones I tried), so perfect !
by Louis Lafontaine Louis Lafontaine, 2024-03-24
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Safety
Risk impact

Grayscale the Web - Save Sites 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 Grayscale the Web - Save Sites if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Grayscale the Web - Save Sites has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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