Toggle Image Animations

Name: Toggle Image Animations
Rating: 4.0588 (34 reviews)
Author: Manuel Reimer

Disables or enables the animation of images (GIF, APNG, WebP, AVIF).

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Toggle Image Animations is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension that allows users to globally disable or enable image animations such as GIFs, APNGs, WebP, and AVIF formats. With just one click on a button or via a customizable shortcut, users can control animated images across the web.

Features include the ability to reload pages automatically to immediately see the effect, and the option to stop animation on individual images via the context menu (excluding Android devices). Note that while the animation stops, the full animated image files are still downloaded. Ideal for reducing distraction or conserving system resources, this extension offers fast and flexible animation control right in your browser.

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Version:

2.1.0 Last updated: 2024-09-08

Version code:

5805119

Creation date:

2019-01-20

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Permissions:

browserSettings
storage
menus

Size:

22.12KB

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 2,253 ▼ 14

Other rankings

#361 in Appearance ▼ 3

#3 in animation keyword 14 ▼ 1

#7 in animal keyword 5 ▼ 1

#8 in toggle keyword 34

#21 in options keyword 13

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User reviews

Toggle Image Animations is praised for effectively stopping animated GIFs, reducing CPU load, and improving user experience. The automatic reload and freeze animation features are appreciated, and many find it easy and helpful. However, multiple users report that the freeze animation toggle can be unresponsive, and there is demand for features like toggling all GIFs at once, per tab controls, and automatic global blocking. While it works perfectly for many, some users face issues with inconsistent functionality.

Pros

Effectively stops or freezes animated GIFs, reducing CPU usage and preventing fan noise increase.
Automatic reload and freeze animation features work well and are appreciated.
Easy to use and works perfectly on Firefox as intended.
Helps improve browsing experience by stopping distracting or annoying animations.
Users find it very helpful and consider it a valuable add-on.

Cons

Some users experience the 'freeze animation' button in the context menu but it does nothing after refreshing.
Lack of ability to toggle animations individually or per tab as requested by multiple users.
No option to block all GIFs automatically; users want a more aggressive or global blocking feature.
Apparent inconsistency in effectiveness across different users and websites.

Recent reviews

Without this extension, viewing my favoured weather site (full of animated gifs) made my computer sound like an F35 taking off due to the cooling fan spooling up; with it enabled quiet calm is restored.

by ma*****, 2025-04-10

by 远离*****, 2025-04-01

by 退出*****, 2025-02-17

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Toggle Image Animations does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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Toggle Image Animations is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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