Shortless — Block Short-Form Content

Name: Shortless — Block Short-Form Content
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Perry1913

By: Perry1913

Block Reels, Shorts & Spotlight. Keep everything else.

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Features & Capabilities

Shortless surgically removes short-form video content from your browsing experience while leaving everything else untouched. Unlike full domain blockers, Shortless targets only the short-form feeds and players — you keep full access to YouTube videos, Instagram profiles, and Snapchat stories.

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

YouTube Shorts (blocked and redirected to regular video player)
Instagram Reels (hidden from feed, Explore, and profile tabs)
TikTok (full domain block — TikTok is short-form only)
Snapchat Spotlight (hidden from Snapchat's web experience)

HOW IT WORKS Shortless uses a 3-layer defense system to ensure nothing slips through:

Network Rules — Chrome's declarativeNetRequest API blocks or redirects short-form requests before they even load, saving bandwidth and preventing flicker.
CSS Injection — Stylesheets injected at page load instantly hide short-form UI elements so you never see them flash on screen.
Content Scripts — A MutationObserver watches for dynamically loaded short-form content (common in single-page apps) and hides it in real time.

PRIVACY FOCUSED - Zero data collection — no analytics, no tracking, no cookies - No external network requests — everything runs on your device - No user accounts or sign-up required - Open source filter rules you can inspect yourself - Uses Chrome's built-in sync only to remember your preferences

FEATURES

Per-platform toggles — disable blocking for any individual platform from the popup
Block counter — see how many short-form items have been blocked today
Lightweight — minimal performance impact, no background processes
Dark mode popup UI

Free, open source, and private by design. Take back control of your attention.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Perry1913

Daily users:

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1.1.4 Last updated: 2026-03-25

Version code:

6196327

Creation date:

2026-03-10

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*
*://*.instagram.com/*
*://*.tiktok.com/*
*://*.musical.ly/*
*://*.snapchat.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com
*.instagram.com
*.snapchat.com

Size:

42.98KB

Email:

pm*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-12

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 24,684 ▼ 297

Other rankings

#64 in form keyword 20 ▲ 1#187 in shoot keyword 17 ▲ 2#223 in tiktok keyword 19 ▼ 8

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Developed by:

Perry1913

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shortless/

Email:

pm*****@gmail.com

Is Shortless — Block Short-Form Content Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Shortless — Block Short-Form Content requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, instagram.com, snapchat.com, tiktok.com, musical.ly
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Shortless — Block Short-Form Content is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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