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Fog ModeTry the tools ↗Install Fog Mode. Try one tool.
Install from the Chrome Web Store
Install Fog Mode from the Chrome Web Store. The current tools are free.
- On a computer, open the Fog Mode listing in the Chrome Web Store.
- Choose Add to Chrome, then confirm.
- Open Chrome’s Extensions menu and pin Fog Mode to the toolbar.
- Open a regular webpage, then click the Fog Mode icon.
You need desktop Chrome 120 or later. Fog Mode doesn’t run in Incognito. On a school or work computer, you may need your administrator’s OK. Google’s installation instructions.
Try one tool first
Use the focus line
Turn on Focus line in Declutter. Set its height and dimming, or lock it.
Guide instructions →Save your place
Open Notes and check Save this page and reading position. The note’s page button takes you back.
Saved-place instructions →The four main tools are Declutter, Pause, Sound and Notes. The My reading settings switch above them turns your settings on or off for every page. Settings has appearance, website access, timers, reminders and backups. See every tool and setting.
Choose your website access
The toolbar icon gives access to one page. Press Keep on every page or Settings → Allow website access so your settings and notes follow you. Chrome asks once. You can say no.
What stays on your device: notes you write, selected text and page details you choose to save, preferences, and a history of your recent sessions. Fog Mode uses these for its page tools and saved places. The extension doesn’t send them to a server or use them for ads. Fog Mode doesn’t encrypt stored records or exported backups. Read the complete data notice.
Close the controls or stop the tools
Click the toolbar icon again to close the controls. Active tools keep running. Choose Stop all to stop them.
If a page looks wrong, choose Reset in Declutter. Use Leave this website alone to make Fog Mode skip that site. Manage the websites you’ve left alone.
Back up before removing Fog Mode
Open Settings → Export my data before uninstalling if you want to keep your notes. Removing the extension removes its saved data. Reinstalling can’t recover it without a backup.
To remove it, open Chrome’s Extensions menu, find Fog Mode, and choose Remove from Chrome. Google’s removal instructions.