# Slack Hide Typing

> This lightweight extension prevents Slack from sending a typing status to channels and private messages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/slack-hide-typing](https://chrome-stats.com/d/slack-hide-typing)

## Overview

- **ID:** `slack-hide-typing`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** algers
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-19
- **First published:** 2021-07-19
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/slack-hide-typing/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/algers/slack-hide-typing-firefox/issues](https://github.com/algers/slack-hide-typing-firefox/issues)

## Description

Slack Hide Typing is a Firefox add-on that prevents Slack from sending typing status to channels and private messages. This lightweight extension is designed to improve privacy and reduce distractions while using Slack.

## Rankings

- #33,639 — Overall
- #17 — typing

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://*.slack.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.slack.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/slack-hide-typing)