---
title: "Better Instagram: Stop Scrolling – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "310 users, rated 5.00 by 2 people. Version 1.5.2, updated 2026-09-07. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja"
---

# Better Instagram: Stop Scrolling

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 310
- Rating: 5.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 02:10 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #41,746 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #10,010 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Stop scrolling on Instagram Web: hide ads/suggestions, dim non-followed posts, grayscale, Reels timer and stats, Dark Mode.

- Extension ID: `hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja`
- Developer: [That Developer Steven 138](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u269aea6c3e916dbd861b461c2887f9fc)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2026-02-10
- Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Version: `1.5.2`
- Size: 215 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (11): English, español, français, português (Brasil), русский, العربية, हिन्दी, বাংলা, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語
- Privacy policy: `https://thatdevelopersteven138.github.io/Privacy-Policy-Website-For-Better-Instagram-Stop-Scrolling/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-instagram-stop-scr/hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 310 | 5.00 | 2 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `*://*.instagram.com/*`: instagram.com and its subdomains
- `*://instagram.com/*`: instagram.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.instagram.com/*`: instagram.com and its subdomains
- `*://instagram.com/*`: instagram.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [YouTube Search History Hider](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/odblhgiogpigmabbjoekkhlbfiommljo) | 61 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [ChatGPT Message Queue](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bdeaocefmnkeinfiknfeahpghemjjgjo) | 58 | 5.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Google Sign-out Button Blocker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gihgdlmihjffijgdcphogioneecekpdl) | 37 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Better Youtube: Reduce Distraction](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ekgikkblidfggbmadhdbepnikknmdgmk) | 19 | 1.00 | 1 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Browser Statistic](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aanphhcamfkdoddabpndlehafpnlihgb) | 17 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Video Watch Time Statistic Pro](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jglhflgbojcnjjjlombjijgmkpeafmem) | 8 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Website Auto Refresh](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ehhijipfiopdlmhglhhkbhndaodfnfdj) | 7 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [QuoteSpark](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nmnfklkcpjkglpjekmjocbagneignlfi) | 6 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Video Watched Time Companion](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kgldileenmeldkmlefmgoebbfeckcihl) | 4 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |

All 10 extensions by [That Developer Steven 138](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u269aea6c3e916dbd861b461c2887f9fc).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 02:10 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Better Instagram: Stop Scrolling” (hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja,
  title   = {Better Instagram: Stop Scrolling (hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbaefnliifnjeegbijmkjognpfcgcjja},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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