F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels

F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels

This extension hides Reels and recommendations on facebook

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What is F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels?
'F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance user experience on Facebook by automatically hiding Reels and 'Suggested for you' content. Ideal for professionals and those who prefer a focused feed, it replaces distractions with a banner, notifying what was removed. This extension caters to English-speaking users, with plans for more languages on user request.
Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-05-07
By: mrinc
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.39 (18)
Version: 1.26.48 (Last updated: 2024-02-11)
Creation date: 2023-04-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 180.22K
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Summary

*** NO AFFILIATION WITH FACEBOOK/META Previous published extension was removed from the chrome store due to a trademark violation. This is the new extension published with relevent changes.

This extension looks for certain keys in Facebooks feed and hides elements that contain 'Reels and short videos' and 'Suggested for you'.

It places a small banner in the items place to let you know what was hidden.

This extensions primary purpose it to clean up your feed from reels and suggestions so you're not bombarded with irrelevant 'fluff' in your feed.

For people that use Facebook for business purposes, this will minimize the amount of fluff you see and just clean things up a bit more so you can get back to what you need to do rather than all the distractions.


If your language is not English, the extension will most likely not work, log an issue with your language and we can look at adding it - https://github.com/mrinc/F-B-Hide-Recommendations-and-Reels/issues

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Blocks Facebook recommendations and Reels
  • Works great for managing Facebook feed
  • Does not steal browsing history
Cons
  • May slow down page loading
  • Content auto scrolls back to the top of the page
  • Some delay in removing items after they have already displayed
Most mentioned
  • Works great
  • Still shows 'suggested for you' ads
  • Does what it says
Recent reviews
Doesn't fully work... slows down the page... reels and whatnot still visible for a second or two before they disappear. What's the point?
by Andrew Clanahan Andrew Clanahan, 2024-05-06

Cannot rate highly enough. Facebook is an unceasing torrent of effluence and this allows me to flush. Especially Reels. I hate those with a passion.
by Tony Coleby Tony Coleby, 2024-04-30

by Super-Tiger Super-Tiger, 2023-12-05
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Safety
Risk impact

F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

F-B Hide Recommendations and Reels is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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