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Remove Algorithmic Feeds From Social Media | Not for You

Not for You

A browser extension that removes the algorithm from every major<br>social platform. Turn the &ldquo;For You&rdquo; feed back into<br>your feed .

Add to Chrome

Add to Firefox

Free and<br>open source

&middot;<br>also works in

Firefox

Microsoft Edge

Brave

Opera

Arc

&middot;<br>also works in

Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Brave

Opera

Arc

It lives up here & looks like this:<br>A preview of the extension's menu:

YouTube

Show Subscriptions, not the Home feed<br>Turn off autoplay<br>Hide Shorts row<br>Hide what to watch next

Instagram

Show Following, not the Home feed<br>Hide suggestions sidebar

X / Twitter

Show Following, not the &ldquo;For You&rdquo; feed<br>Hide trends & suggestions

TikTok

Show Following, not the &ldquo;For You&rdquo; feed<br>Hide header bar

Facebook

Show the Feeds view, not Home<br>Hide the Reels tab

Reddit

Hide promoted posts and ads<br>Hide Reddit&rsquo;s recommendations<br>Use old Reddit

LinkedIn

Show Recent, not the Top sort<br>Hide promoted & suggested posts<br>Hide news sidebar

Threads

Show Following, not the &ldquo;For You&rdquo; feed

Scroll your feed and notice how much of it came from someone you<br>chose to follow. Most of it didn&rsquo;t. It was picked<br>for you , and it was picked because it keeps you scrolling.<br>Our feeds have become tabloids. Full of rage-bait, sensationalism,<br>paid sponsorships and other forms of easy dopamine. It&rsquo;s the<br>adult equivalent of jingling keys in front of a baby. Even worse, it<br>literally never ends.

Not for You removes everything you didn&rsquo;t<br>ask for: the suggested accounts, the promoted posts, the<br>&ldquo;people you may know.&rdquo; Instead, you only see what you<br>chose to follow, in the order it was posted. And you can<br>actually get to the end of it.

I&rsquo;ve been using it for a while and I feel like my brain is<br>eating healthier. I spend far less time on social media, still feel<br>caught up, and don&rsquo;t struggle with FOMO.

Which platforms does it work on?

YouTube<br>Instagram<br>Twitter<br>TikTok<br>Facebook<br>Reddit<br>LinkedIn<br>Threads<br>+ Suggest another

How does it work?

Every platform already has a chronological feed. The<br>extension sends you to it, then hides the promoted and suggested<br>content around it. Nothing is injected or rewritten.

Will I miss posts from people I follow?

The opposite. The &ldquo;For You&rdquo; feed shows a fraction of<br>what the people you follow actually post, and fills the gap with<br>whatever keeps you scrolling. Removing the suggested content lets<br>you be intentional about what you consume.

How is this different from a feed blocker?

Blockers treat the feed as the problem: they blank it, cover it<br>with a quote, or make you wait it out. That lasts until you<br>actually want to use the site. The premise here is that the feed<br>isn&rsquo;t the problem, the algorithm is.

What if I want the algorithm back?

You only opt into the changes you want: every switch in the menu<br>works per site, instantly. There is also a &ldquo;Disable for 5<br>minutes&rdquo; button for the times you want to fall down the<br>rabbit hole on purpose.

Will it break anything?

No. Search, profiles, messages and posting work exactly as before.<br>If a redesign does break something, I&rsquo;ll ship a fix. If you<br>spot it first, please<br>file an issue.

Does it send my data anywhere?

There is nowhere to send it. No accounts, no servers, no analytics,<br>and the extension makes no network requests of its own.<br>More on privacy.

Does it work on my phone?

No. It works in desktop browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave,<br>Opera, Arc, anything built on Chromium. Mobile devices are closed<br>platforms and don&rsquo;t allow extensions.

Does it block ads?

Not really. It hides the promoted posts baked into the feeds it<br>cleans, but it&rsquo;s not an ad blocker.<br>uBlock Origin Lite<br>and<br>AdGuard<br>have that covered.

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