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Blocks comment sections on many popular websites.
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If you've ever gone to a website and read its comments section, you'll have seen that it's just a vitriolic, idiotic wasteland.
Why subject yourself to that?
Shut Up hides comments by default. And, you can show comments on a page with a click of a button. It will remember where you turn on comments, and will show them the next time you visit that site.
That's it. Simple and free. Enjoy!
Uses shutup.css by Steven Frank, with permission.
https://github.com/panicsteve/shutup-css
Latest reviews
- (2025-03-23) Legion Iscariot: If you value your braincells get this extension. Comment sections are where braincells and your faith in humanity go to die.
- (2025-02-13) Clay Kaledin: Thanks for freeing me from the culture wars. What a waste of time and energy (I was guilty of getting sucked in, myself). 5/5!
- (2024-12-14) Nick The Chief: Thanks dev! Finally cured my addiction! Now I just spend a few minutes on TikTok and I’m out. Comments were keeping me addicted.
- (2024-11-02) Gabe B: This extension is perfect for dealing with the idiocy of comment sections. Edit: Ricky can you work on improving the performance of the extension? It's a great extension features wise but it uses A LOT of CPU.
- (2024-11-02) Gabe B: This extension is perfect for dealing with the idiocy of comment sections. Edit: Ricky can you work on improving the performance of the extension? It's a great extension features wise but it uses A LOT of CPU.
- (2024-10-26) Lily TLI: Absolute wonderful extension. THANK YOU! Only serve well on desktop. I hope can apply on mobile apps too!
- (2024-10-19) M K: Absolutely essential.
- (2024-09-25) Gareth Williams: Within the last few months started slowing Youtube and 4chan down to a crawl. Best extension of its kind so I hope this gets fixed EDIT: Found that enabling comments seems to fix or at least help with the Youtube issue (I use Unhook anyway - btw disabling that didn't make any difference). It doesn't fix 4chan but I found that disabling 4chan X helps with but doesn't entirely restore performance on the main site, while on archival sites like arch.b4k.co enabling comments helps there (disabling Shut Up is the only way to get things completely back to normal). The best way to reproduce these issues is by opening a large video or thread and skipping around / opening a reply window and typing. Again this wasn't a problem until recently so I'm not sure what's changed to cause it and I don't really want to have to disable extensions I make good use of to restore performance that wasn't even lacking before or to get other extensions working.
- (2024-09-10) Eddie Z: This is what I needed long ago, thank you so much!
- (2024-08-21) Phys-Fax: This extension keeps right wing Nazi incels out of sight and out of mind. The way it should be.
- (2024-08-10) Erica Diaz: This extension is amazing and I can finally browse gaming sites without being exposed to the generally toxic, sexist, racist, homophobic, red pill, right wing comments that fill many sites. Thank you!
- (2024-04-30) Steve Kadish: I can finally read comments on GoComics without having to see sad attempts at humor from people who have nothing better to do than comment on 30-year-old "Doonesbury" strips. Bliss!
- (2024-01-14) Kayo Torres: This, along with Adblock, has to be the best chrome extension of all time. When it comes to comment sections, ignorance IS bliss. Thank you.
- (2023-12-19) Amelia: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This should come as default on every device!!!!
- (2023-11-28) Russ: Needs to be updated, as I'm seeing a lot of pages with comments on them that used to be blocked. Get busy.
- (2023-11-05) Cyndriana Omar Madi: Works perfectly with Instagram! I can finally enjoy posts without the stupid and negative comments that come with it.
- (2023-11-05) Cyndriana Omar Madi: Works perfectly with Instagram! I can finally enjoy posts without the stupid and negative comments that come with it.
- (2023-11-01) Kilian Woolf: It doesn't work on Patreon.
- (2023-11-01) Toren Hohke: It doesn't work on Patreon.
- (2023-09-28) BackhandSmack: This Extension has reduced the amout of Right-Wing Nazi retards on my screen to 0. this gets a 10 out of 5 and a Donation. Thank you so much.
- (2023-09-28) BackhandSmack: This Extension has reduced the amout of Right-Wing Nazi retards on my screen to 0. this gets a 10 out of 5 and a Donation. Thank you so much.
- (2023-09-27) Holly: Works perfectly except on Instagram. Great anyways!
- (2023-09-27) Holly: Works perfectly except on Instagram. Great anyways!
- (2023-09-18) Neil Bailey: If only it worked at family reunions, too
- (2023-09-18) Neil Bailey: If only it worked at family reunions, too
- (2023-09-11) Val Arc.: Awasome! This app removed all comments! For example, I went on Youtube and comments were not visible anymore. I went on facebook and I could just read "1285 comments " but yet I could not seen anymore! So we spend less time to read comments inopportune or comments that make us upset all the time. Finally , Internet is a place for relaxing and not arguing or reading comments that ruin your proposit to stay 'calm' and kind. Thank you ! Spread this app, let all people that want peaceful social network's experience, to install this app! PS: with Twitter, to me, it didn't work yet , I hope one day!
- (2023-09-11) Val Arc.: Awasome! This app removed all comments! For example, I went on Youtube and comments were not visible anymore. I went on facebook and I could just read "1285 comments " but yet I could not seen anymore! So we spend less time to read comments inopportune or comments that make us upset all the time. Finally , Internet is a place for relaxing and not arguing or reading comments that ruin your proposit to stay 'calm' and kind. Thank you ! Spread this app, let all people that want peaceful social network's experience, to install this app! PS: with Twitter, to me, it didn't work yet , I hope one day!
- (2023-08-21) Cody Kim: Best extension ever. Works well in Korean website. Thank you.
- (2023-08-21) Cody Kim: Best extension ever. Works well in Korean website. Thank you.
- (2023-06-09) Bernard Duggan: Doing the lord's work. Thank you so much.
- (2023-06-09) Bernard Duggan: Doing the lord's work. Thank you so much.
- (2023-05-21) Adam S: Peace and quiet at last...
- (2023-05-21) Adam S: Peace and quiet at last...
- (2023-05-05) Superoxide Dismutase: simple. functional. clean
- (2023-05-05) Superoxide Dismutase: simple. functional. clean
- (2023-03-31) ねろ: 便利に使わせていただいていますが、ヤフーニュースだけコメントが消えません。
- (2022-12-02) Marcus Chibucos: Shut Up is one of my favorite extensions of all time. I've used it in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari for years. It makes a site like YouTube much more enjoyable, allowing me to watch videos without even noticing the tiresome and endless stream of jabber in the comments section. I keep it pinned to quickly enable it on sites like Reddit, where comments are often desirable. I've never experienced any issues using this extension, and it doesn't seem to affect browser resources in any way that I've noticed. Great!
- (2022-12-02) Marcus Chibucos: Shut Up is one of my favorite extensions of all time. I've used it in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari for years. It makes a site like YouTube much more enjoyable, allowing me to watch videos without even noticing the tiresome and endless stream of jabber in the comments section. I keep it pinned to quickly enable it on sites like Reddit, where comments are often desirable. I've never experienced any issues using this extension, and it doesn't seem to affect browser resources in any way that I've noticed. Great!
- (2022-07-08) Hwn Frd: Works like a charm. Works for the Reviews section on MyAnimeList.
- (2022-07-08) Hwn Frd: Works like a charm. Works for the Reviews section on MyAnimeList.
- (2022-05-30) Continental Nobleman: good
- (2022-05-30) Continental Nobleman: good
- (2022-04-01) Justin: Possibly, if not absolutely, the #1 most important and useful extension you will ever install. This is an absolute god-send and deserves to be not only one of, but THE, top rated and suggested extension on every "Top" list ever created. Hell...the world would be a better place if this came pre-installed and activated. Protect your sanity! Install this extension without delay!
- (2022-04-01) Justin: Possibly, if not absolutely, the #1 most important and useful extension you will ever install. This is an absolute god-send and deserves to be not only one of, but THE, top rated and suggested extension on every "Top" list ever created. Hell...the world would be a better place if this came pre-installed and activated. Protect your sanity! Install this extension without delay!
- (2022-03-07) Frank Gabis: Great extension, works without any problems so far after downloading. IMO it's 100% necessary if browsing sites like Youtube, Instagram and Reddit if you don't want to pull your hair out over comments that are either very toxic and divisive, or overused jokes you heard 3 years ago
- (2022-03-07) Frank Gabis: Great extension, works without any problems so far after downloading. IMO it's 100% necessary if browsing sites like Youtube, Instagram and Reddit if you don't want to pull your hair out over comments that are either very toxic and divisive, or overused jokes you heard 3 years ago
- (2022-01-28) Daniel Francis: Fantastic extension. I use it every day and have loved not seeing comments that would just bother me all day. I have noticed what could be possibly a bug. I just noticed today that the extension will not activate on Google hosted websites like Youtube. Is this something that Chrome is doing? Is it the pound of flesh for hosting this on the Chrome Web Store? Or is this news to the dev team? Edit 01/27/2022: I'm leaving this mostly unedited but have updated the stars to 5. I've learned the chrome web store is protected from any extensions modifying it. That's why this wasn't working on this website. My guess at conspiracy on Google's part was incorrect haha. Fantastic extension! Thanks!
- (2022-01-28) Daniel Francis: Fantastic extension. I use it every day and have loved not seeing comments that would just bother me all day. I have noticed what could be possibly a bug. I just noticed today that the extension will not activate on Google hosted websites like Youtube. Is this something that Chrome is doing? Is it the pound of flesh for hosting this on the Chrome Web Store? Or is this news to the dev team? Edit 01/27/2022: I'm leaving this mostly unedited but have updated the stars to 5. I've learned the chrome web store is protected from any extensions modifying it. That's why this wasn't working on this website. My guess at conspiracy on Google's part was incorrect haha. Fantastic extension! Thanks!
- (2021-11-06) Dean Pearce: Installed and verified on a few sites that I frequent, this is probably now my second favourite plugin after uBlock Origin. Comment sections are insanely toxic, I'm happy that I can avoid the rage-inducing garbage.
- (2021-11-06) Dean Pearce: Installed and verified on a few sites that I frequent, this is probably now my second favourite plugin after uBlock Origin. Comment sections are insanely toxic, I'm happy that I can avoid the rage-inducing garbage.