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Hide - Social Media Distraction BlockerReviews, users & alternatives

By Ibrahim Riaz

Hide Shorts, Reels, Stories, Sponsored & Explore on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and Reddit — and 100+ more controls.

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Time on the storeAbout 1 to 3 yearsA rough range, not an exact date
Store users≈10KRounded by the Chrome Web Store
Chrome Web Store rating4.5 / 5113 ratings on the Chrome Web Store
Last store update22 Oct 2026Version 4.0.1, 2 days ago

Inside the extension

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Permissions & access

Access levelMedium

Can follow every page you open.

What it’s allowed to do, not what it actually does. Not a safety rating.

Permissions 3

Sensitive1

  • Follow every page you openwebNavigation

Standard2

  • Save its own settingsstorage
  • Run its code on pages it can accessscripting

Members also see when a new version asks for new access.

Website access 4

  • youtube.com and its subdomains
  • facebook.com and its subdomains
  • instagram.com
  • instagram.com and its subdomains
Extension ID
jnbhalknaohaiodbcokhhnljkabffnpn
Package size
1.18MiB
Manifest
Version 3

The maker

Ibrahim Riaz has 9 listings on the store. Updates most of their listings often.

Listings
9
Combined store users
≈10.1K
Store Featured
1
Updated in the last 90 days
9 of 9

Combined users can count the same person more than once. See all 9 listings Developer website

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One research report for Hide - Social Media Distraction Blocker. Reports come with Plus, Pro and Max.

  • Takeaway & demandCited takeaway and search volumes
  • Traffic & domainPopularity rank, visits and authority
  • Money & pricingPlans and prices from the maker’s site
  • ReviewsComplaints and praise, quoted
  • Competitors & ranksRank against the closest listings
  • Build opportunityWhat to build and how to position it
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  • Report and PDF yours for 30 days

Hide at a glance

Hide - Social Media Distraction Blocker is a Well-being extension by Ibrahim Riaz with ≈10K users. Chrome Web Store users rate it 4.5 out of 5 from 113 ratings. By users it sits in the top 1% of Well-being extensions. It was updated 2 days ago.

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Is Hide safe? (permissions)

Hide asks for 3 permissions and access to 4 site patterns. One of them gives wide access:

  • webNavigation: Follow every page you open

Permissions show what an extension could do, not what it does. Check that they fit what you use it for, and who makes it (Ibrahim Riaz). See the full permission list.

Hide not working?

  • Recent 1- and 2-star reviews (last 90 days) mostly mention: ads, pop-ups or redirects (2 of 4).
  • 4 of the 36 reviews posted in the last 90 days gave 1 or 2 stars.
  • It was updated in the last two weeks. A fresh update can fix a problem, or occasionally cause one.

Common fixes: make sure Chrome and the extension are up to date, turn the extension off and on in chrome://extensions, reload the page, and try with other extensions turned off in case two of them clash. If it still fails, contact the maker from its store page, or try one of the alternatives.

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