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Privacy Policy
1. Who we are
Nope (“we”, “us”) is a free browser extension and iOS app that hides Reels, Shorts, Stories, Explore, and similar features inside Instagram and YouTube. The website you're reading is at nope-app.com.
2. What we collect
Nothing. Specifically:
- No accounts. There is no sign-up, no email, no password.
- No analytics. We do not run Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Segment, Amplitude, Sentry, or any equivalent.
- No telemetry. The extension and the iOS app make zero outbound network requests to our servers — we don't run any.
- No advertising identifiers, no IDFA, no fingerprinting.
- No crash reporting sent to a server.
3. What is stored, and where
The only data the product handles is the on/off state of each
feature toggle (e.g. “Hide Reels” → true).
Where it lives depends on which version you use:
- Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc: stored in
chrome.storage.sync. If you have browser sync enabled with your Google account, your toggle states ride along with your other browser settings — but only within Google's sync infrastructure. We never see them. Disable Chrome sync to keep them strictly on this device. - Safari on iOS: stored in a local App Group container shared between the Nope app and the Nope Safari extension on your device. No iCloud sync, no remote backup hooks, no Keychain.
4. Permissions, explained
Browser extensions ask for permissions in plain technical terms, which can sound scarier than they are. Here's exactly what Nope asks for and what it does with each:
- Access to instagram.com and youtube.com. Required to inject the CSS and small scripts that hide the features you toggled. The extension does not read your DMs, posts, search history, or any account data — it only looks for the DOM elements it needs to hide.
- Storage. To remember your toggles between page loads (see section 3).
- Native messaging (Safari only). Used by the Safari extension to talk to the Nope iOS app via Apple's on-device bridge. No external network involved.
The extension does not request access to your tabs, browsing history, downloads, identity, or any site other than Instagram and YouTube.
5. Third parties
The extension and the iOS app load no third-party scripts, SDKs, or services. This marketing site (nope-app.com) is static HTML and CSS with no embedded analytics or tracking pixels. If you reach the App Store or the Chrome Web Store from one of our buttons, those properties are operated by Apple and Google respectively under their own privacy policies.
6. Children
Nope is suitable for all ages and is not directed at children specifically. Because we collect no personal information from anyone, we collect none from children either.
7. Your rights
We don't hold any data about you, so there is nothing to export, correct, or delete on our side. To erase the local toggle data, uninstall the extension or the iOS app — your settings go with it.
8. Changes
If we ever change how the product handles data, we'll update this page and bump the “Last updated” date above. Material changes (anything that introduces collection or transmission of data) will be called out in the extension's release notes.
9. Contact
Questions, concerns, or suggestions: hi@nope-app.com.