FocusTube - Shorts, Reels & Feed Blocker by Malek Wael

Block the distracting parts of social media without blocking the websites you still need.

FocusTube removes short-form video, feeds, and other distracting sections across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Reddit.

Use YouTube for a tutorial without getting pulled into Shorts. Open Instagram without Reels or Explore. Keep LinkedIn useful without an endless feed. Browse Reddit posts and comments without getting stuck scrolling through feeds.

WHAT FOCUSTUBE CAN BLOCK OR HIDE

• YouTube Shorts and distracting sections
• Optional YouTube Playables navigation and discovery shelves
• Instagram Reels and Explore
• TikTok feed and video distractions
• Facebook Reels, Stories, and other distracting sections
• LinkedIn Feed and “Add to your feed”
• Reddit Home, Popular, All, News, and community feeds
• Selected distracting navigation buttons, shelves, and entry points

CHOOSE HOW STRICT YOU WANT IT

Strict Mode
Blocks supported distractions immediately.

Warn Mode
Shows a warning before opening supported distracting content, with the option to continue.

Passive Mode
Hides selected distracting elements without redirects or warning screens.

FOCUS TOOLS

• Built-in focus and break timer
• Per-platform settings
• Optional timer notifications
• Simple local blocked-count statistics

PRIVACY

FocusTube is designed to run locally in your browser.

Settings, timer state, and blocked-count statistics use browser-local storage.

FocusTube does not include analytics or telemetry and does not send your browsing activity, settings, or statistics to a FocusTube-controlled backend.

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE

FocusTube is free and open source.

Useful for studying, coding, research, work, and everyday browsing when you want access to the useful parts of a website without getting pulled into endless scrolling.