Instagram Text Blocker by AtomicRobotMan0101
Locally detects and masks burned-in subtitles on Instagram Reels.
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About this extension
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.
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
Data collection:
- 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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- MIT License
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