Read it - just read website. Text mode is no longer in the Chrome Web Store

What to use instead

Listings still in the store that are closest to it in what they say they do. Comparable, not endorsed.

1. Reading Mode Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 54 users
2. Chrome Reading Mode Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 859 users ★ 5.0
3. Readify: Lightweight Reader View Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 22 users
4. ReadMode+ Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
5. Quiet Reader — Reader Mode Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 10k users ★ 3.9

All alternatives, with why each one is close →

What it was when it left

Left the store

2026-09-24

Users when it left

30k users

Rating when it left

4.9 (74 ratings)

Last version

1.0.0

Time in the store

14 months

Browser access

3 permissions, 1 site pattern

If you still have it installed

A listing leaving the store does not by itself remove the extension from browsers that already have it. If you still have it, you can see what it can reach and remove it in a minute:

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

What it can access, permission by permission →

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension →

The publisher

Read a lot.