Pants is an app designed to help users manage their social media experience by removing short-form video feeds such as Shorts, Reels, and similar endless scroll features from platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. The tool aims to allow individuals to stay connected with people on social media while minimizing exposure to algorithm-driven, addictive content feeds.
Key features include the ability to disable YouTube Shorts or restrict browsing to search-only mode, block Instagram Reels, Explore, and suggested posts, and hide Facebook's home feed, Reels, and other distractions. Users can customize their experience with a wide range of settings, enabling them to selectively remove or keep specific features according to their preferences. Pants also offers insights into social media usage, allowing users to track patterns and work toward building better habits over time.
The app is available on iPhone (iOS), with plans to launch versions for Android and as a Chrome extension, as indicated by the waitlist invitation for these platforms.
Pants is positioned as a tool for those seeking a more intentional and purposeful approach to social media, focusing on maintaining meaningful connections without the distractions of endless video feeds or suggested content. It is targeted at users who want to reduce time spent on algorithm-driven content and regain control over their social media habits.
In the Communication & Collaboration space, Pants takes a focused approach. It reduces social media distraction by removing short-form video feeds and endless scrolling features. Pants is a consumer product aimed at social media users seeking focus. Pants follows a freemium model. It runs on the web and iOS.
Caleb Gilbert builds and maintains Pants, and the product first shipped in 2026. Among its 5 catalogued features are remove short-form feeds, Block Reels and Shorts, and customizable filters.
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