Image Hider

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Description from extension meta

Chrome extension to hide all images by default and show images again with click of icon.

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Description from store

Hides images on a website, shows images temporarily on hover.
Shows images again by clicking the extension icon.

Hide/Show preference works on a per-domain basis, meaning you can have one website hide images and another show them.

Preference is saved automatically using HTML5 LocalStorage.

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Updated 2025/08/01 - Migrated to ManifestV3

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This is an open source project under the MIT license.

Note: it does not currently work on videos, or other media.

Latest reviews

Cameron Chen 2024-10-30: This extension is very useful, but unfortunately it may no longer be supported soon. I recommend a similar plug-in "Hide Images|Videos" for everyone to try. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lnemmogegmgllangfmlpclaomcknfnbp
Andrii Frolikov 2024-10-14: Great, works for YT thumbnails. Easy one-click on and off. That's all I wanted. Didn't hide images on Twitter for me though. Edit: reduced my rating as it is indeed hides images on all sites by default and one has to "unhide" them manually which is annoying. IMO it should not hide anything by default until the extension button is explicitly clicked.
Kevin Dunn 2024-08-08: The best one I found as it doesn't reload the webpage to turn off the image.
Pablo Frenkel 2023-12-24: Would be 5 stars if there was an option to set the default mode to "show". As it is, it defaults to "hide" on every page. Hope will soon we'll have this helpful feature.
Willeidys Maikol 2023-07-30: hive work perfec
Willeidys Maikol 2023-07-30: hive work perfec
Analog Weapon 2023-07-14: Would be 5 stars if there was an option to set the default mode to "show". As it is, it defaults to "hide" on every page. Since it keeps track of the mode by domain (Which is good), you have to turn it off for each new domain you visit (Which is bad).
Analog Weapon 2023-07-14: Would be 5 stars if there was an option to set the default mode to "show". As it is, it defaults to "hide" on every page. Since it keeps track of the mode by domain (Which is good), you have to turn it off for each new domain you visit (Which is bad).
Blu 2021-09-09: Great, but I wish there was an option to toggle between "domain-based" and "global"
Blu 2021-09-09: Great, but I wish there was an option to toggle between "domain-based" and "global"
Najla Nur Ariqah 2021-05-05: it's will be better if you can turn off the "show when hover mouse" feature
FNBTKRZ5 2021-05-05: it's will be better if you can turn off the "show when hover mouse" feature
Qwer Asdf 2020-03-11: Самый лучший плагин из подобных!
Saad 2020-03-05: Does the job well. A click or some other gesture to permanently display the image in a session would be nice.
Saad 2020-03-05: Does the job well. A click or some other gesture to permanently display the image in a session would be nice.
I윤 2019-12-10: I'm using very very usefulm but could you make option not start when first loading page?
I윤 2019-12-10: I'm using very very usefulm but could you make option not start when first loading page?
Raymond Evans 2019-05-22: I love this extension, but I always need to add and remove it because there isn't an option to chose the default behavior. (Hide by default or show by default) Also, an option to delay before displaying images would be awesome.
Raymond Evans 2019-05-22: I love this extension, but I always need to add and remove it because there isn't an option to chose the default behavior. (Hide by default or show by default) Also, an option to delay before displaying images would be awesome.
Jun Yu 2019-05-14: tried many, this is the best!
Jun Yu 2019-05-14: tried many, this is the best!
Günther Bosch 2018-11-20: Not hiding images. Options are greyed out in the right-click-menu on the icon.
Günther Bosch 2018-11-20: Not hiding images. Options are greyed out in the right-click-menu on the icon.
S Tan 2018-10-28: Loads the images but doesn't show them. Rather it not load images at all.
S Tan 2018-10-28: Loads the images but doesn't show them. Rather it not load images at all.
Anonymous 2018-07-16: It sometimes hides more than just images such as paragraphs of text. eg at: https://investingcaffeine.com/2010/04/14/john-mauldin-the-man-who-cries-wolf/
Cesar Scapella 2018-04-01: You did right by hiding all images but yet being able to show while hovering the mouse. In reality we don't need hide all or nothing solution, many sites we need to hide most but be able to see some images. The hovering idea was awesome since we need to quickly see images to understand the content. However it sometimes allow little accidents showing horrible images when we are just moving around. Maybe a configurable delay would solve this. Or only execute the function to show after the mouse pointer stops for X mileseconds. Very Godd work!
Cesar Scapella 2018-04-01: You did right by hiding all images but yet being able to show while hovering the mouse. In reality we don't need hide all or nothing solution, many sites we need to hide most but be able to see some images. The hovering idea was awesome since we need to quickly see images to understand the content. However it sometimes allow little accidents showing horrible images when we are just moving around. Maybe a configurable delay would solve this. Or only execute the function to show after the mouse pointer stops for X mileseconds. Very Godd work!
Tariqs Devices 2017-02-18: The extension hides the images by default?! are you kidding!! Please add an option for the users to decide. and release an update with it soon please.
Tariqs Devices 2017-02-18: The extension hides the images by default?! are you kidding!! Please add an option for the users to decide. and release an update with it soon please.
Thiên Luân Đinh 2017-01-10: Please add options to turn off the mouse-over function. Sometimes the image which is showed by accident is indeed an awful accident ;)
Thiên Luân Đinh 2017-01-10: Please add options to turn off the mouse-over function. Sometimes the image which is showed by accident is indeed an awful accident ;)
Anonymous 2016-02-20: Perfect!
Anonymous 2016-02-20: Perfect!
Mr Techson 2015-12-06: Short and Sweet love this extension. Love the hide and mouse over to show feature. Pages are faster and I not overwhelmed by all the pics. This helps keep the distraction of looking at unwanted captions and pictures from your wandering eyes. This increases productivity as well. Add this to your arsenal you will be happy you did. Would like it to stay on by default when clicking on pages that open in another tab.
Mr Techson 2015-12-06: Short and Sweet love this extension. Love the hide and mouse over to show feature. Pages are faster and I not overwhelmed by all the pics. This helps keep the distraction of looking at unwanted captions and pictures from your wandering eyes. This increases productivity as well. Add this to your arsenal you will be happy you did. Would like it to stay on by default when clicking on pages that open in another tab.
Jasper Campbell 2015-12-03: If you don't want any images to appear, this is the extension for you!
Jasper Campbell 2015-12-03: If you don't want any images to appear, this is the extension for you!

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