{
  "id": 16276384,
  "title": "Apps that block Instagram Reels on iPhone and keep messages (Comparison 2026)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/apps-die-instagram-reels-auf-dem-iphone-blockieren-und-nachrichten",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-24T04:19:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ayumu_kitabayashi_8e0de96/apps-die-instagram-reels-auf-dem-iphone-blockieren-und-nachrichten-behalten-vergleich-2026-1lab"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Several apps can help users block Instagram Reels while still allowing direct messages. These apps work by opening Instagram in a browser or using a Safari extension, and then hiding the Reels section. Examples of such apps include ScrollGuard, Fluid Friction, SocialLite, UNDOOMED, WallHabit, Scroll Less, Sociano, Nope, Reelmute, and minulo, developed by Ayumu Kitabayashi in Japan. Some of these apps offer free features, including hiding Reels, while others require payment for extra functions. Nope is a completely free Safari extension that blocks Reels on instagram.com and youtube.com.",
  "summary": "In the official Instagram app, you can't turn off Reels. For adult accounts, there is no setting to do this, and iPhone screen time always limits the entire app. So if you lock Instagram with screen time, your DMs will also be gone. If you want to continue chatting with friends but no longer see Reels, you need an app that opens Instagram elsewhere (in a…",
  "key_points": [
    "minulo ist eine App, die Instagram Reels blockiert auf iPhone",
    "App verglichen nach kostenlosen Angeboten und DM-Funktionalität",
    "Bewertungen basieren auf Daten vom 24. Oktober 2026"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Third-party browser applications offer a necessary workaround for users seeking to decouple social media engagement from private communication by filtering specific content features within the Instagram interface.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}