How to block Reels and Shorts on iPhone

Reelmute removes the short-form feed from seven networks at once. Reels off Instagram and Facebook, Shorts off YouTube, For You off TikTok and X, Spotlight off Snapchat, Explore off Instagram, Popular off Reddit — already gone the moment each one opens. DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working.

Seven networks. No Reels, no Shorts.

Reels, Shorts and For You are off for free. Premium takes the rest: 3 days free, then $19.99 a year or $2.99 a month.

Start 3 days free

Reading on a computer? Point your phone's camera at the code, or open reelmute.app/get on your phone.

Why the settings you already tried gave it back

Every network handles this the same way, and none of them hands you an off switch. Instagram has no Reels setting at all. Facebook lets you hide the tab while the feed keeps delivering. YouTube has offered controls that expire. Instagram will snooze suggested posts for 30 days. TikTok will reset For You and then refill it. They are all doing the same thing, which is giving you a quieter version of the feed instead of a way out of it. Reelmute takes the feed out on the way in, once, across all seven.

What Reelmute removes

Reels, Shorts, For You, Explore, Popular — already gone the moment each network opens in Reelmute. DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working.

Reelmute opens each network in its own space and strips the feed out before the page draws, so there is nothing to switch on again tomorrow. Shield the native app with Screen Time and this becomes the way in.

Which networks does Reelmute cover?

Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit and X. Reels, Shorts, For You, Explore, Popular and endless feed video are gone the moment each one opens.

Do I have to delete the apps?

No. Your accounts, your messages and your followers are untouched. You can shield the native apps with Screen Time so the route in is the one where the feeds are already gone.

What does it cost?

Reels, Shorts and For You are off for free. On every network, from the first minute. Premium takes Explore, Stories, ads, suggested posts and the lock on the real apps for $2.99 a month.

What keeps working?

DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working. Stories, suggested posts, ads and recommendations are switches you flip whenever you want those gone too.

Take the feed out today.