Best alternatives to Focus - Remove Shorts & Reels (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Focus, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Focus alternatives, compared
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Remove YouTube Shorts
Removes YouTube Shorts and prevents you from wasting your precious time.
≈300K users4.6★ from 716 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions- About 150× more users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- 2
ReelControl
Add a progress bar and playback controls to YouTube Shorts, Instagram, and Facebook Reels.
≈4K users3.6★ from 36 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Focus
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 3
ShortsBlocker - Remove Shorts from YouTube
Remove Shorts videos from Youtube
≈100K users4.2★ from 929 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions- About 50× more users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- 4
Reel Block - Otty
Block distracting reels and shorts from Facebook, YouTube, Instagram & TikTok. Stay focused and productive!
255 users4.6★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago9 permissions- About 7.8× fewer users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
- Listed under Social Networking
- 5
Remove Facebook login popup
Remove Facebook login popup when you're not logged in.
≈3K users2.1★ from 28 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 1.5× more users than Focus
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
- Listed under Social Networking
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Sort Reel - Instagram, TikTok & Facebook
Sort Instagram Reels, Posts, TikToks & Facebook Reels by views, likes, comments, shares, and saves
380 users3.4★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago9 permissions- About 5.3× fewer users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
- Listed under Social Networking
- 7
remove shorts for youtube
Block all of the youtube shorts from homepage and play with Desktop UI as normal video
≈3K users3.4★ from 39 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Focus
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Social Sentry - Focus Mode
Block short videos, feeds, and distractions on Facebook and YouTube. Stay focused with Social Sentry.
470 users4.5★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago7 permissions- About 4.3× fewer users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 2)
- Listed under Tools
- 9
ReelSaver – Bulk Downloader for Facebook Videos
Bulk-download all videos and reels from Facebook instantly.
307 users1.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 5 months ago12 permissions- About 6.5× fewer users than Focus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (12 vs 2)
- Listed under Tools
- 10
Tracking & Ad Removal on FaceBk
Removes Ads and the user interaction tracking from content on Facebook™
≈2K users4.0★ from 49 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years9 permissions- A similar number of users to Focus
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
- Listed under Social Networking
Focus alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Focus?
By users, the most popular alternative is Remove YouTube Shorts with ≈300K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Remove YouTube Shorts.
Which Focus alternative has the best rating?
Remove YouTube Shorts has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 716 ratings.
Is there a Focus alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Remove Facebook login popup asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Focus.
How many alternatives to Focus are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Focus on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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