News Feed Eradicator

Name: News Feed Eradicator
Rating: 4.6405 (153 reviews)
Author: jordwest

Find yourself spending too much time on Facebook? Eradicate distractions by replacing your entire news feed with an inspiring quote

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News Feed Eradicator is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help users overcome distraction caused by Facebook. With over 200,000 users, it removes your entire Facebook news feed and live ticker, replacing them with inspiring quotes to encourage productivity and mindful browsing.

This extension is perfect for anyone who finds themselves losing hours to the endless scroll but doesn't want to delete Facebook entirely. News Feed Eradicator empowers you to regain control of your online time, helping you stay focused and motivated whenever you visit Facebook.

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Version:

2.2.7 Last updated: 2024-06-09

Version code:

5755837

Creation date:

2015-08-19

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Permissions:

storage

Size:

110.43K

Full description:

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Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 886 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#41 in Feeds, News & Blogging

#86 in Social & Communication

#129 in Appearance ▲ 1

#6 in news keyword 27

#28 in catalog keyword 11

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News Feed Eradicator (v2.3.1)

200,000+ 4.70

(2,080)

User reviews

News Feed Eradicator is praised for effectively blocking distracting news feeds on Facebook and similar sites, improving user focus and providing motivational quotes. However, multiple users report it fails to block LinkedIn feeds on Firefox and causes browsers to lose scroll position when navigating back. The extension's mobile version has limited site selection capabilities, and some UI elements are unresponsive. Overall, users value its positive impact on reducing distractions but hope for improved LinkedIn support, bug fixes, and better mobile functionality.

Pros

Effectively blocks news feeds on Facebook and other social media sites, helping users regain focus and avoid distraction.
Displays motivational quotes, with the option for users to add their own, aiding in maintaining motivation.
Simple and easy to use, providing significant time savings and improved attention management.
Highly appreciated by users for improving digital well-being and reducing doomscrolling.
Works well on desktop versions of social media sites and is praised for its overall functionality.

Cons

Does not effectively block LinkedIn news feeds on Firefox, though it works on Chrome, indicating inconsistent site support.
Causes browser functionality issues such as losing scroll position when navigating back on various sites, not just Facebook.
Mobile and app versions lack full functionality; users cannot select sites to monitor on Android Firefox nightly, limiting usefulness on mobile platforms.
Some user interface elements, like site selection prompts, are not clickable or functional on certain platforms, impeding usability.

Recent reviews

Sure it blocks the news-feed on FB... but it also breaks the browsers ability to save your place on any given page you happen to visit and scrolled on, and reverts you to the top of the page if you click on a link, say in marketplace... you go to view the listing and you click back, your prior place is lost and you have to scroll all the way back to where you were... not how the browser is supposed to function. Hope the author can fix this, because it happens off site (non- facebook sites) as well when the extension is enabled; disabling the extension reverts the browser back to normal function...

by Firefox user 18354052, 2025-04-30

by Jason, 2025-04-22

This is a great extension, I am very grateful you created this. I noticed however that blocking on Linkedin stopped working a few months back, it would be awesome if it were fixed !

by Firefox user 14959686, 2025-04-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

News Feed Eradicator does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

News Feed Eradicator is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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