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Disable WhatsApp Status: Privacy & Focus

Chrome extension by LydiaResearch · Productivity · Workflow

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 83 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

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Users
83
Rating
5.0 (2 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
-4
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.2
Updated in the store
2023-07-10
Published
2023-07-07
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
-4 since 01.09
75-87 · 7 readings
  1. 2026-09-0187
  2. 2026-09-0281
  3. 2026-09-0579
  4. 2026-09-0775
  5. 2026-09-0977
  6. 2026-09-1382
  7. 2026-09-1583
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 5.00 · 7 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews2rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-02reviews2rating5.00
  3. 2026-09-05reviews2rating5.00
  4. 2026-09-07reviews2rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-09reviews2rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-13reviews2rating5.00
  7. 2026-09-15reviews2rating5.00
Users
-4 since 01.09
75-87 · 7 readings
  1. 2026-09-0187
  2. 2026-09-0281
  3. 2026-09-0579
  4. 2026-09-0775
  5. 2026-09-0977
  6. 2026-09-1382
  7. 2026-09-1583
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 5.00 · 7 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews2rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-02reviews2rating5.00
  3. 2026-09-05reviews2rating5.00
  4. 2026-09-07reviews2rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-09reviews2rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-13reviews2rating5.00
  7. 2026-09-15reviews2rating5.00

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://*.web.whatsapp.com/
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

LydiaResearch publishes 9 listings we track, 6k users between them.

  1. Ad Blockers are not allowed on Youtube bypass LydiaResearch · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy · published 2023-10-18 6k users ★ 2.9
  2. Your Daily Affirmations LydiaResearch · Lifestyle · Well Being · published 2023-10-29 163 users ★ 5.0
  3. Youtube is not loading videos for me LydiaResearch · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-08-12 51 users ★ 1.0
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  1. Fake WhatsApp Chats LydiaResearch · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-01-11 41 users
  2. Vula Deadlines LydiaResearch · Productivity · Workflow · published 2022-08-29 16 users
  3. Stop Doom Scrolling on YouTube LydiaResearch · Lifestyle · Well Being · published 2026-01-01 9 users
  4. Clippr.site - Repurpose Videos for Shorts/Reels/TikTok LydiaResearch · Productivity · Tools · published 2025-09-29 7 users
  5. Detect Red Flags in Chat Screenshots LydiaResearch · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-01-07 5 users

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Hide Status for WhatsApp™ Web — Privacy & Focus Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 27 users
  2. Hide WhatsApp Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 50 users
  3. Hide WhatsApp Web Buttons Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 299 users ★ 4.9
  4. WhatsApp Privacy Extension Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 169 users ★ 5.0
  5. WhatsApp Focus - Hide Chat List Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 230 users ★ 5.0

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