# Wikipedia Without Links

> Removes the distracting links from Wikipedia articles, while keeping all of the interesting text. Save yourself from falling into rabbit holes!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-without-links](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-without-links)

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia-without-links`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** thegrock
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 23
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-20
- **First published:** 2025-04-11
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-without-links/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tempodat/wikinolinks/](https://github.com/tempodat/wikinolinks/)

## Description

<ul><li>Removes the distracting links, keeps the interesting text. </li><li>Keeps some internal links that don't send you outside the page, like the table of contents and citations. </li><li>Removes some HTML elements that have to do with page editing and further reading recommendations. Lets be honest, you aren't going to be editing Wikpedia with this enabled are you?</li><li>Click the icon in the extension tab to toggle the feature. </li></ul>
Made this to stop falling into Wikipedia rabbit-holes for hours at a time, under the philosophy that if I really want to learn about something, I should just google it. Hoping it can help someone else :)

## Rankings

- #22,981 — Overall
- #45 — wikipedia
- #119 — links
- #163 — broken links
- #167 — interest
- #187 — wiki

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.wikipedia.org/*`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.wikipedia.org`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: wikipedia.org
- 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/wikipedia-without-links)