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.

UnAlgorithm guide

Stop doomscrolling by changing the default.

Doomscrolling is rarely a lack of character. It is a loop: open a familiar site, receive an endless feed, and keep choosing the next item before deciding why you arrived. The practical exit is to make a goal—not a feed—the first thing you see.

A workable reset

Name the reason you opened the site. Make it small: find a tutorial, compare two options, or answer one question.
Remove the home-feed cue. Use direct searches, bookmarks, subscriptions, and links you chose.
End with an outcome. Save the source, take one note, or do the next action before opening anything else.

Keep the useful internet

The goal is not to become less curious or to ban the internet. It is to stop outsourcing the next thing you see to systems optimized for engagement. YouTube can still teach you; Reddit can still answer a niche question. Start with what you mean to do.

Common questions

Why is doomscrolling so difficult to stop?

Most feeds are designed to offer another relevant-looking item before you have a reason to leave. That makes the next choice automatic. Changing the environment is usually more reliable than asking yourself to resist every item.

Does hiding a feed mean giving up YouTube or Reddit?

No. You can still search, visit a direct link, read a channel or community, and use the useful parts of a site. The change is that a recommendation feed is no longer the default starting point.

What should I do instead of opening a feed?

Start with a concrete question, task, or project. Search for that directly, save useful sources, then leave when you have completed the next step.

Try a goal-led browser

UnAlgorithm keeps supported feeds out of the way and turns a goal into useful searches.

Set a goal in UnAlgorithm