This unknown Chrome feature has changed the way I browse the web

Stripping extra content from web pages is oh so easy.

Apr 5, 2025 - 14:22

This unknown Chrome feature has changed the way I browse the web

The modern internet is a horribly distracting place. It’s a carnival littered with flashing ads, autoplay videos, and massive leaps between text. I’ll be first to admit that it’s becoming more challenging to read through engaging content on the web simply due to all the tinsel drawing me away from it. I’ve become susceptible to distractions of late, so it’s beneficial to strip these things from the articles I want to read. Thankfully, Google offers an easy solution to this problem hiding in plain sight within Google Chrome itself.

Google Chrome’s Reader Mode, often appearing as Simplify page within the browser, is a feature many users likely forgot even exists, but one that everyone should use more often. It strips non-essential content from web pages, leaving only the core article text and selected images. This completely changed the way I use the web.