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Privacy Extension For WhatsApp™ Web by Lukas Lenhardt

The Privacy Extension For WhatsApp™ Web hides your messages from unwanted glimpses until you hover over them. In the search bar, you can disable the blur effect on all messages manually and specify what elements to blur.

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Reveal messages on hover.Customize what you want to blur.
About this extension
To increase privacy in public spaces the Privacy Extension For WhatsApp™ Web blurs your messages. Your messages and other content only reveals upon hovering over with your mouse cursor. Additionally you can quickly toggle all effects by using a keyboard shortcut or by clicking the toggle button in the extension menu.

It adapts to your needs by letting you decide which elements you want to blur. Most important options:

- All messages in chat: Blurs all messages in the current chat.
- Last messages preview: Blurs all message previews on the left.
- Media preview: Blurs all images, videos, stickers, ... in separation from the text.
- Profile pictures: Blurs all profile pictures.

An extended list of features can be found on our page: https://pfwa.lukaslen.com

Quick Toggle: Use the keyboard shortcut to quickly toggle the extension on or off (Default: Alt+X). To change this navigate to: "about:addons" -> Settings icon on the top right -> Manage Extension Shortcuts


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This extension does not collect information about you or your messages. We only communicate with our server to display information about problems or updates. Visit the privacy policy to learn more. The code is open source so you can independently verify this claim by visiting our linked homepage.

WhatsApp is a trademark of WhatsApp Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. This extension is an independent project developed by Lukas Lenhardt and has no relationship to WhatsApp or WhatsApp Inc.
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Required permissions:

  • Access your data for web.whatsapp.com

Optional permissions:

  • Access your data for web.whatsapp.com
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Version
3.3.2
Size
48.03 kB
Last updated
5 months ago (13 Mar 2025)
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MIT Licence
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  • chat
  • facebook
  • privacy
  • security
  • whatsapp
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Release notes for 3.3.2
  • Updated to support newest WhatsApp Web version
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