# Overlay Remover Auto

> Automatically close detected overlays / popups on enabled websites (on page load and/or on timed intervals)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/overlay-remover-auto](https://chrome-stats.com/d/overlay-remover-auto)

## Overview

- **ID:** `overlay-remover-auto`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** InanZen
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 764
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.05 / 5 (22 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-14
- **First published:** 2019-05-29
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/overlay-remover-auto/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/InanZen/OverlayRemoverAuto/issues](https://github.com/InanZen/OverlayRemoverAuto/issues)

## Description

Overlay Remover Auto is a Chrome extension designed to automatically detect and close overlays or popups on supported websites, improving your browsing experience without manual intervention. Based on the Behind The Overlay extension by Nicolae Namolovan, this tool can be customized to operate in blacklist mode (running only on enabled sites) or whitelist mode (running on all sites except those you disable).

Features include automatic overlay detection on page load and timed intervals for delayed overlays, with options to stop timed runs after the first overlay removal. The extension supports easy configuration per site via the extension button and syncs settings across open tabs. While the overlay detection algorithm focuses on central screen overlays, future improvements may enhance detection of overlays, like bottom screen cookie notifications. Overlay Remover Auto requires permissions for Tabs, website data access, and storage to function efficiently. Its open-source code is available on GitHub for transparency and community contributions.

## Rankings

- #3,861 — Overall
- #4 — overlay
- #26 — cover
- #50 — remove
- #51 — hover
- #55 — auto

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<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

Overlay Remover Auto helps automatically hide overlays and pop-ups, with strong praise for its simple design and site-specific controls via whitelist/blacklist. Users value auto-closing overlays and a cleaner browsing experience. However, compatibility gaps on some sites, potential blocking of legitimate sites, and setup friction are the main downsides.

### Pros

- Efficiently removes overlays and pop-ups, improving browsing by reducing interruptions.
- Offers fine-grained site control via blacklist/whitelist, allowing you to decide where overlays are blocked.
- Simple, clean, and easy-to-use interface; praised as reliable and useful by several users.
- Auto-close overlays on demand and provide customization for blocking on specific sites.

### Cons

- Not compatible with all sites; some sites (e.g., Reddit) may not be supported.
- Whitelist/blacklist mode can block legitimate sites or be hard to tune, and pop-ups may interrupt before you can blacklist.
- Setup and initial configuration can be tedious or annoying, including manual site entries.

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