Soft Blackout

Hide text on any webpage for focus and clean sharing

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Hide text on any webpage for focus and clean sharing

3 followers

Soft Blackout is a privacy-first Chrome extension that lets you instantly hide text on any webpage. Whether you’re sharing your screen, taking screenshots, studying, or reading without clutter, it gives you full control over what stays visible. You can manually redact text or use Smart Redact modes that automatically mask content. Adjustable intensity levels, smart filters, and undo/redo let you experiment freely without breaking the page.

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Launch tags:Chrome Extensions•Productivity•Developer Tools

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Hi Product Hunt! I built Soft Blackout because I kept running into the same problem: I wanted to share screens, take screenshots, or focus on reading, but webpages are full of personal data and visual clutter. Instead of editing screenshots after the fact, I wanted something that works directly on the page, instantly. Soft Blackout lets you manually hide text or use smart redaction modes, all running locally in the browser. It started as a privacy tool, but became useful for focus, studying, creative blackout writing, and even UI testing. I’d love to hear how you’d use it or what features would make it even better!

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9mo ago

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8mo ago

Thank you to everyone who supported Soft Blackout 🙌

This was the first extension I ever launched, so seeing it find its place somewhere between my other projects really means a lot.

Every interaction and piece of feedback helped me learn what works and what can be improved.

I am continuing to refine it step by step, and I truly appreciate everyone who gave it a chance and followed the journey.

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9mo ago

Building a tool to hide text on any webpage - would you use this?

Hi!, I ve been working on a small Chrome extension that lets you hide or mask text on any webpage.

It started as a privacy tool for screen sharing and screenshots but it turned out to be useful for focus, studying, and even creative blackout writing.

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