How do I stop doomscrolling?

Doomscrolling happens because feeds are engineered to keep you watching, so quitting by willpower alone rarely holds. UnAlgorithm removes the trigger: it keeps the recommendation feed out of your way on YouTube, Reddit, X and other sites, and replaces it with searches built from a goal you set. You still use the sites, they just stop steering you.

Can I use YouTube without the recommended feed?

Yes. With the UnAlgorithm extension installed, the YouTube home feed is kept out of your way and you get goal-driven searches instead, so you watch what you came for rather than what the algorithm queues up.

UnAlgorithm is a free browser extension and web app by MindsNet. You tell it what you are after, and every site you visit works toward that goal: it hides algorithmic feeds and turns your goal into the searches worth making across YouTube, Reddit, X and more.

Yes. UnAlgorithm is free to use, on Chrome, Firefox, and as a web app that works without the extension.

Intentional browsing

How to browse the web without getting distracted

Online distraction often begins before you make a conscious choice. A homepage loads recommendations, one item suggests the next, and the original task disappears. The most reliable response is to change the path into the web: begin with an outcome and make every next click answer to it.

Define the finish line first

Write one sentence describing what must be different when the session ends. “Research cameras” has no natural boundary. “Choose two cameras under my budget and record the trade-offs” tells you what evidence to collect and when to stop.

If the task is large, choose the next visible result: understand one concept, find three credible sources, draft one section, or make one decision. A small finish line is more useful than a vague intention to be productive.

Enter through search, not a homepage

Open the specific tool or query needed for the goal. Avoid recommendation surfaces when they are not part of the task. On video and community sites, search results and direct links can remain useful even when the home feed is not.

Use queries that reflect the stage of your work. Begin with an overview, then look for primary documentation, comparisons, examples, or criticism. Each query should reduce uncertainty rather than create another pile of tabs.

1.State the outcome.
2.Choose the next question.
3.Open only sources that can answer it.
4.Record the answer before following another link.

Leave with evidence

A useful browsing session should produce something outside the browser state: a saved source with a note, a decision, a draft, a message, or a next action. This converts consumption into progress and makes it easier to close the session.

UnAlgorithm supports this workflow by turning a goal into deliberate searches while removing the feed-first route into supported sites. You still choose where to go and what to open.

Start with what you came to do.

Give UnAlgorithm one goal. It turns that intent into the searches worth making while keeping feed-first detours out of the way.

Set a goal