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Instagram Text Blocker by AtomicRobotMan0101

Locally detects and masks burned-in subtitles on Instagram Reels.

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ITB looks at a video for 3 seconds (configurable) to determine where the bar should be.Text that is placed in in between two high contrast regions is correctly applied.Videos that flash large sharply contrasted text is relatively easy to detect...but areas that deliberately use multiple areas are more challenging.Vids with several text areas are blocked effectively too. The JS looks at areas that CHANGE. This snip shows text that has remained static.Example of text overwhelm. Nothing will be blocked effectively. The tool will give it a go, but the next few versions will get better.
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I absolutely cannot stand the way Instagram persistently has text flicking over every video while the commentator speaks.

Its hugely distracting and I despise it - so it goes.

This little tool views the video for 3 seconds, works out where the text is and places a nice black bar right over the top of it. It will not be able to do this on complex videos where multiple text overlays are present or other text-included content is present (such as screengrabs of news, blobs of text,etc) but will persistently attempt to reacquire it target and block them.

There are quite a few examples on my GitHub to check over: https://github.com/AtomicRobotMan0101/Instagram-text-blocker

ALL processing is done locally. There is ZERO data collection of any kind and the source is free to reuse and modify.
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Required permissions:

  • Access your data for www.instagram.com

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  • The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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Version
0.1.0
Size
15.32 KB
Last updated
5 days ago (Oct 31, 2026)
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  • facebook
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