About
StopTheMadness Pro is a Safari extension that stops websites from making your browser harder to use, and it protects your privacy on the web. StopTheMadness Pro is not an ad blocker but rather a one of a kind extension with a huge number of unique features! Made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. The support link has documentation and my email address. StopTheMadness Pro features: • Stop websites from disabling user interface features in your browser such as text selection, copy, cut, and paste, drag and drop, contextual menus, AutoFill, ⌘-key keyboard shortcuts, and 2-finger tap to open links in a new tab • Stop Google AMP • Remove URL query tracking parameters automatically • Stop clickjacking on Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo • Stop hyperlink auditing (anchor "ping") • Stop tracking beacons (Navigator.sendBeacon) • Bypass well-known URL shorteners such as bit.ly, tinyurl, and t.co • Stop autoplaying audio and video • Always show Safari's native video controls, including Picture-in-Picture • Unmute videos automatically on first play • Auto-select video playback speed • Stop Safari from pausing audio in background apps such as Apple Music • Hide "Get the app" banners on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr • Hide "Sign in with Google" on all websites • Hide "We'd like to send you some notifications" banners on many websites • Hide elements on web pages with a tap • Edit the tab URL in a large separate window instead of Safari's small address bar • Font substitution on websites • Website-specific CSS and JavaScript • Run custom JavaScript snippets at any time • Custom URL redirects • Stop losing characters in maxlength password fields • Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab, or force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab • Force images to the front so you can drag, use the contextual menu, and save • Stop web animations • Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard • Show the concealed password in password fields • Stop websites from disabling text replacements in Safari • Stop websites from changing the cursor and hiding the scrollbar • Stop the software keyboard from zooming in the web page • Stop websites from disabling pinch to zoom • Reload the web page on a timer • View and edit web page HTML • And many more!
What's New
Version 23.1 • Dec 16, 2025
• Show native video controls: Prevent YouTube from changing the volume • Show native video controls: Fixed an issue with multiple videos stacked in a tablist • Protect text selection: Protect selection mouseup events • Protect text selection and Show native video controls: Fixed an incompatibility with reveryburlingame.com • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Possible improvement when Show native video controls is enabled • Bypass link shorteners: Fixed same-site Bing and Substack redirects • Stop link trackers: Remove the rcm tracking parameters from LinkedIn URLs • Hide some app banners: Hide the new "Try app" banner at the bottom of Google search • Edit tab URL: Switched the order of the Delete Query and Delete Path buttons in the window • In the add website sheet, changed the popup label "Enabled on platforms" to "Customize on platforms", because "Enabled" caused confusion about the purpose of the popup • Changed the website options button label "Rename" to "Edit" and switched the button order with "Remove"