Protego 3.12 is a small update that fixes how pictures open on old Reddit. FIXES: - On old Reddit, an enlarged picture opens in a new tab, and with Redirect to old.reddit.com on, the tab shows only the picture. - Clicking a picture on old Reddit no longer opens a tab that shows the post again. - Opening a picture in one gallery no longer blanks the other galleries on the page.

Protego 3.11 lets you pause filtering and choose where each keyword hides posts. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Pause filtering for 5 minutes to 3 hours from the Safari popup or the Filter tab. It resumes on its own. - Keyword scope: choose where each keyword hides posts, like only on Home, Popular, and News, or in certain communities. IMPROVEMENTS: - Filter a post's website from the Protego menu, on new and old Reddit. - Reddit Answers also turns the words Reddit links in comments back into plain text. - Settings search scrolls to the setting you pick and highlights it. - In compact view, the Protego button sits right after Reddit's own buttons. FIXES: - A deleted keyword no longer keeps hiding posts in another Reddit window. - A post hidden in your feed shows again on its community page and its author's profile. - On a zoomed-in page, the Protego menu opens where you can see it. - Leaving Reveal Mode clears every red outline. - The Reddit Answers setting works again after Reddit changed its search. - Smaller wording fixes in Spanish and Portuguese.

Protego 3.10 turns any Reddit post or a comment thread into an image you can share. Sharing a comment used to mean a screenshot and a crop. Share as image now sits in the Protego menu on every post and comment, on new and old Reddit, and opens Protego with a card you can tune first. Add the comments above the one you chose, pick a theme and a width, show or hide the title and picture, and turn usernames off for a share that names no one. On a device that supports Apple Intelligence, adding a keyword can now suggest terms for you as well. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Share as image: the Protego menu on any post or comment opens Protego with a card of it, on new and old Reddit. Add the comments above it, pick a theme and a width, show or hide the title and picture, and turn usernames off for a share that names no one. - Keyword suggestions: not sure what to filter? Pick a topic, or type a word, and Protego suggests real terms to add. Needs a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Suggestions run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, which stores nothing and never receives your filter lists. IMPROVEMENTS: - After an update with new features, a small card on Reddit pages says what changed and links to the details. Turn it off in Settings > What's New.

Protego 3.9 filters the one place it never reached: Reddit's search results. Until now a keyword, community or user filter that hid a post everywhere else left the same post in plain sight the moment you searched for it. Search results are filtered like any other feed now, on new and old Reddit, with matches hidden and counted in your stats. Reddit's "get the app" panel could also freeze a page outright, with no close button and no way to scroll, and Protego lifts that freeze even on a panel it has never seen. VoiceOver reads Protego's confirmation messages aloud, and adding a domain points you at the ready-made filter that covers the whole site. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Filtering on search results: your keyword, community and user filters now apply to Reddit's search pages, with matches hidden, counted in your stats, and announced by the same toast. Reveal Mode and Preview cover the surface too, so you can see what a filter would hide before you commit to it. A new-Reddit result carries no outbound link and no post body, so domain filters cannot apply there and keywords match the title and community name; old Reddit's results carry all four filter types. - A pointer to the filter that covers a whole site: several sites post links under more than one address, so a youtube.com filter on its own quietly misses everything arriving through youtu.be. Type a domain like that and Protego names the ready-made filter that covers both, in the add sheet and when you edit an entry. Your domain still saves normally. IMPROVEMENTS: - The "Open in App" nudges setting now also hides the app button inside Reddit's mature-content warning, where it sits above the two real choices. The warning itself still appears and still has to be answered. - Protego recognizes three more shapes of Reddit's app prompts, drawn from the public lists that ad-blockers maintain, so one we have not met in the wild is covered if it turns up. FIXES: - Reddit's "get the app" panel could cover a page with no close button and stop it scrolling, leaving force-quitting Safari as the only way out: Protego now recognizes the whole family of those panels, rather than the exact ones it had seen before. - Protego's confirmation messages were never read aloud by VoiceOver, so erasing your lists, importing one, or renaming a group gave no sign that anything had happened: every screen announces them now, confirmations and errors alike.

Protego 3.8 shows its work: what it is filtering right now, and what a keyword would catch before you save it. Filtering is invisible by design, which makes it hard to trust. Reveal Mode stops hiding and outlines every post Protego would have hidden, naming the filter that matched; Preview does the same for a keyword you are still typing, before you commit to it. Old Reddit gains something it has never had: a proper dark theme, checked for contrast across feeds, comments and communities. Comment pages can open with every reply chain folded away, and a new reset puts Protego back to how it started. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Reveal Mode: a button in the Safari extension popup shows what Protego is filtering instead of hiding it. Every post a filter would hide stays visible, outlined in red and tagged with the filter that matched. Nothing is saved and your stats are untouched. - Preview a keyword: try one on the page behind the popup before you save it. Every post it would hide is outlined with the matched word highlighted, so a wildcard's real reach is visible. Add it from there, or walk away and nothing is saved. - Dark theme for old Reddit: old Reddit has never had a dark mode of its own, and now it does, across feeds, comment pages, communities, the sidebar and search. Every color was checked for contrast, so text stays readable rather than merely dark. - Collapse reply threads: open a post's comments as a list of top-level comments with every reply chain folded away, then open only the chains you want to read. A link that points at one comment still opens on it, with nothing folded over. - Ignore community styles: render every community in old Reddit's default styling instead of the custom look its moderators set up, which often makes it harder to read on a phone. - Reset Protego: a new row at the bottom of Settings puts everything back to how it started. Reset your settings on their own, or reset them and erase every filter list at once. Your stats are never touched. IMPROVEMENTS: - Old Reddit's settings now sit on a screen of their own, at the end of the Transform tab, instead of mixed in with settings that shape both designs. Every setting keeps its name, behavior, and value. - Quick Help in the popup now opens the app on Get Help, rather than describing the route for you to follow. Get Help attaches your app version and device details, so what you send arrives ready to diagnose. - The two stats cards at the top of the popup now open the app on your Stats. - Erasing a filter list now removes that list's groups along with it, so an emptied list no longer leaves empty groups behind. FIXES: - A domain saved with a capital letter in it filtered nothing at all, while looking exactly like a working entry in your list: domains now ignore capitalization, and ones saved that way in the past start working without you re-adding them. - Protego's floating buttons sat over Reddit's comment box while you were writing: they now fade out while it is open and fade back when you close it. - The Protego button on a post or comment covered Reddit's "Join the conversation" bar: it now slides behind the bar as you scroll, the way Reddit's own buttons do. - Opening a settings search result in another tab could leave a blank page in that tab's history, so Back showed an empty screen: nothing is left behind now. - On old Reddit, a comment Protego collapsed kept the expanded marker on its toggle, so a folded comment looked open: the marker matches now.

Protego 3.5.3 colors your comment threads and adds a batch of smaller comforts across the app. Long conversations are hard to follow when every reply line looks the same. Thread Colors gives each reply depth its own color, on new and old Reddit alike, with four themes to choose from. Old Reddit fans can have image posts expand on their own while they scroll, and short keywords like AI can finally be filters. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Thread Colors: give each comment reply depth its own color, so you always know which reply belongs where. Four themes: Default, Rainbow, wobniaR, and Vibecoded, each previewed with its palette before you choose. Works on new and old Reddit; find it in Transform, under Comment Threads. - Auto-expand images: old Reddit image and gallery posts open inline as you scroll, exactly as if you had tapped each expand button. A post you collapse stays collapsed. Find it in Transform, under Feed and Layout. - Two-letter keywords: AI, VR, and other short terms can now be filters. A short keyword with a wildcard, like ai*, also matches longer words, so Protego states the trade-off and asks before adding it. - Crosspost button: a new switch hides Reddit's crosspost control on posts, on both Reddit designs. - Achievement updates: a new switch stops the achievement pill that slides in after you share or comment. Unlike Reddit's own setting, it applies across your devices and survives clearing website data. IMPROVEMENTS: - Keyword groups can be selected right in the list's Select mode: bulk-delete a mixed selection and choose whether the group's keywords go with it, or ungroup with a swipe. - Updating Protego no longer moves you off your chosen preset when an update adds new settings to it. FIXES: - Hiding post thumbnails also hid a card-view post's own photo or video on new Reddit: your media stays visible now, and only the link thumbnail goes.

Protego 3.3 opens your feeds in the order you prefer and takes the pain out of posting for old Reddit fans. Reddit resets every feed to its Best sort. The new Post sort order setting opens feeds with the sort you choose instead. And if you browse old Reddit through Protego's redirect, creating a post now opens new Reddit's full composer, with photos, galleries, and polls, then returns you to old Reddit when you're done. Also inside: cleaner community pages and a round of fixes, all in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. WHAT'S NEW: - Post sort order: open community, home, popular, and news feeds with Hot, New, Top, Rising, or Controversial instead of Reddit's Best, with a time window for Top and Controversial. It's a default, not a lock: any sort you pick on Reddit itself always wins. Find it in Transform, under Feed and Layout. - Create posts on new Reddit: with Redirect to old.reddit.com on, creating a post opens new Reddit's composer, which supports photos, videos, galleries, polls, and drafts. Old Reddit's submit links land there automatically, and you return to old Reddit after posting. On by default; turn it off to keep old Reddit's plain form. IMPROVEMENTS: - The Achievement badges switch now also hides the Community Achievements section in a community's sidebar. - Hiding post thumbnails or community and author avatars now also covers the pinned Community highlights cards at the top of a community page. FIXES: - Hiding a post's vote count, vote buttons, or award button no longer stops working when the Protego button on posts is turned off. - The app's confirmation messages and welcome tour now respect the Reduce Motion setting.

Protego 3.0 is the biggest update yet. Keywords were only the beginning: Protego now filters whole communities and individual users too, and a Protego button on Reddit itself lets you filter a community without leaving the page. One-tap Transform presets clear away the clutter, and the new Limits can put Reddit's feeds out of reach entirely. Nearly everything you can see is new, the app now speaks Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, and it is much more reliable underneath. No account, no tracking, and your lists stay in your own iCloud. WHAT'S NEW: - Communities and users: Hide everything from a community, one person's posts and comments, or block access to a community. - Keyword groups: Gather keywords under one name for easier management and switch them all off at once. - Transform presets: Off, Minimal, Balanced, and Focused apply a recommended set of options in one tap, stripping out distractions and bringing new Reddit closer to the old one. - Limits: Filtering hides what you don't want to see; Limits puts Reddit itself out of reach, from the main feeds up to the whole site. Pair one with a Focus like Sleep or Study and it applies itself. - In-page controls: A Protego control on posts, comments, community sidebars, and profiles filters that community or author without opening the app. Turn it off on any of those surfaces. - Hide more clutter: New options hide thumbnails, avatars, flair, badges, vote controls, award and join buttons, community banners, Reddit Answers, recommendations, and login and app nudges. - Quieter comment threads: Comments carrying media, and the moderator comment pinned to the top, can arrive collapsed or hidden. - Skip the For You feed: An experimental option that switches you from Reddit's For You home test back to Following. Off by default. - Keyword suggestions: Pull terms trending in your region, or add a ready-made Men or Women group for dating posts. - A new pattern: # matches any 1 to 3 digit number, so [#m] hides [30m] and [18m]. - Switch any filter off without deleting it. - Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, across the app, the popup, and the menus on Reddit. - A tip jar: I build Protego in my free time, and if it has made your Reddit calmer, a tip toward the next coffee means a lot. IMPROVEMENTS: - Reliable syncing: Your changes reach your other devices on their own, even with the app closed. - Faster filtering: The filtering engine was rebuilt and optimized to clear pages sooner. - Wider coverage: Filtering now reaches the news feed, Rising and Best listings, highlight carousels, single comment pages, and crossposts. - Accurate stats: A rebuilt counting engine that adds up across your devices, on a redesigned Stats screen. - Redesigned app: Reorganized navigation, a restyled interface with Liquid Glass, and a new icon on every platform. - Rebuilt Safari popup: Redesigned to match the app, and streamlined for quickly adding a keyword. - Built for VoiceOver: Controls are announced properly, and contrast was raised throughout. FIXES: - Deleting a keyword left its posts hidden: they come back now. - A filter you deleted could reappear from another device: deletions stick now. - Importing a list always claimed success, even when nothing was added: it reports the real count now. - And hundreds of smaller fixes across the app, the extension, and the Safari popup.

Keyword filtering now works on carousel posts at the top of the home and popular feeds. Also includes stability fixes for iOS cold-start and Safari background suspension.

Minor changes and bug fixes: - Migrated entire extension codebase to TypeScript for improved reliability - Settings now sync immediately using fresh-first data fetching - Updated all extension dependencies to latest versions - Improved Sentry logging with structured log levels - Unified toast notification system for better user feedback - Diagnostic context in error reports for faster troubleshooting - DNR storage corruption that could cause filter rules to fail - Safari storage errors that prevented settings from saving - Native messaging timeouts causing slow extension startup - SPA navigation breaking on desktop Safari - Redirect setting requiring double-refresh to take effect - Memory leak in filter cache storage listener

NEW FEATURE: Hide Login Prompt - Toggle to hide the Google login prompt when browsing Reddit without an account - Find it in Settings > Vanishing Charms - Perfect for users who prefer to browse Reddit anonymously - Works automatically on both new and old Reddit VANISHING CHARMS EXPANSION - Growing collection of UI element hiding features - "Hide Games on Reddit" and "Hide Login Prompt" now available - More options coming soon for a cleaner Reddit experience - All settings sync automatically between app and Safari extension DEVELOPER IMPROVEMENTS - Enhanced implementation documentation for future features - Improved settings caching for consistent behavior - Better error handling and debugging capabilities As always, Protego keeps your Reddit browsing focused and distraction-free. Thank you for your continued support!

NEW FEATURE: Hide Games on Reddit - Toggle to hide the "Games on Reddit" section in Reddit's sidebar - Find it in Settings > Vanishing Charms - Perfect for users who prefer a cleaner browsing experience - Works automatically on new Reddit (reddit.com) STREAMLINED DASHBOARD - Removed the Shield Strength gamification system - Dashboard now focuses on your filtering statistics - Cleaner, simpler interface PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS - Built with Xcode 26 for the latest Apple platforms - Enhanced with Liquid Glass UI effects - Performance and stability improvements throughout As always, Protego keeps your Reddit browsing focused and distraction-free. Thank you for your continued support!

• Refactored post filter caching system to improve responsiveness • Optimized local storage utilization for user data • Improved handling and detection of lazy loaded posts • New filter notification "Live" mode to display notifications as posts are lazy loaded • Refactored retry logic and automatic recovery from temporary issues • Enhanced crash reporting and diagnostics to detect bugs earlier • Implemented keep-alive system for background script persistence Please refresh tabs in Safari after updating. If you encounter issues please try force quitting Safari first and waiting a few seconds user data to be retrieved from the main app.

Improved filtering reliability when navigating between different Reddit pages, ensuring content filters work consistently across all page transitions.

Bug fixes to address memory leak issue

- Fixes issue when tapping on profile icon on mobile devices - Improves filtering performance by leveraging extension caching Note: For the best experience, please refresh safari or force quit and relaunch if you have any issues.. Thank you for being part of our magical community. If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

- Fixed issue with standard keywords not respecting word boundaries - Added support for filtering keywords found in Subreddit name (use wildcards as needed) - Restricted Subreddit name filtering to non-Subreddit feeds - Added Sentry error logger to app and ext target - Optimized keyword filtering - Performance improvements - Bug fixes and refactoring Note: For the best experience, please refresh safari or force quit and relaunch if you have any issues.. Thank you for being part of our magical community. If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Alohomora! We've unlocked new features and enhanced our magical shield's protective charms. Features ========= - Social Media Filters: Block posts linking to popular social media platforms like X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and more. - Custom Domain Filters: Add specific websites to your filter list to block posts linking to those domains. - Redesigned Filter Interface: Access all filtering options in one place with a cleaner, more intuitive layout. - Quick View: Simplified Safari extension interface for faster access to essential controls. - Quick App Access: Open the main app directly from the Safari extension with one tap. - Enhanced Import/Export: Improved tools for backing up and sharing your filter lists. Bug Fixes ========= - Various performance improvements and stability enhancements Note: Some enchantments may require a page reload to take effect. Thank you for being part of our magical community. If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Bug Fixes ========= - Misc bug fixes Note: If Protego has helped make your Reddit experience more magical, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Expecto Patronum! We've elevated your magical shield with new powers! Features ========= - Stats Dashboard (Beta): Monitor your filtering journey with lifetime stats, monthly trends, and interactive charts - Activity Tiers: Choose your magical path with Casual, Regular, or Power User tiers to match your Reddit habits - Shield Leveling: Progress through seven powerful magical shields, from Basic Protego to Expecto Patronum - Shield Strength: Track your progress with a dynamic strength meter as you work towards your next shield level - iCloud Sync: Your magical achievements sync seamlessly across all your devices - Share Stats: Share your stats with friends and family - New navigation for users with iOS 18, macOS 15, and visionOS 2 Bug Fixes ========= - Improved UI for add, edit, and batch add keywords - Fixed shield strength meter to properly track filtering progress - Resolved an issue where chart annotations could appear behind the chart - Fixed progress bar calculation to accurately reflect current filtering status Note: Like any good spell, your shield grows stronger with practice! If Protego has helped make your Reddit experience more magical, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Expelliarmus! We’ve improved our transfiguration charms to ensure you don't get splinched when traveling to Old Reddit. Redirect To Old Reddit Bugfixes (Thanks /u/CreativeQuests & /u/purduecory reporting this issue) ========= - Fixed an issue where clicking on an image link redirected users to the "nice hat ..." post. - Fixed an issue where buttons on post image pages redirected users to new Reddit. - Fixed an issue where buttons on post image pages on smartphones attempted to open the Reddit app. - Added support for image links within comments. - Added support for gallery links by redirecting to the posts page which displays the gallery below the post title. - Refactored Redirect to old Reddit logic for performance. Thank you for continuing to support Protego! If this extension has successfully shielded your Reddit experience, please leave a review on the App Store and spread the word. Every bit of feedback helps!

Alohamora! Protego is now available as a native visionOS app! Protego is now available on Apple Vision Pro, bringing its Reddit-protecting charms to an entirely new dimension. Cast your filtering spells with the same intuitive controls you know and love, now floating elegantly in your space. Whether you're browsing Reddit on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Vision Pro, Protego keeps your browsing experience exactly how you want it. New in this update: - Native Vision Pro support - Optimized spatial interface Bugfixes: - Fixed issue that resulted in empty space where a post was hidden - Refined layout across all platforms - Enhanced visual consistency - Behind the scenes bug fixes Your magical shield for Reddit, now across all Apple platforms! Thank you for being part of our magical community! If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Wingardium Leviosa! Adding two minor but highly requested features and reminding you about the new AutoModerator comment control. Features ========= - Reorganized settings page - Ability to show or hide the "Filtering posts" notification - AutoModerator Comment Control: - Choose how AutoModerator comments appear in Reddit - collapse them to save space or hide them completely - Works seamlessly across both new Reddit and old.reddit.com interfaces Note: Some enchantments may require a page reload to take effect. Thank you for being part of our magical community! If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Wingardium Leviosa! We've enhanced our magical shield with new powers to help manage those ever-present AutoModerator comments. Features ========= - AutoModerator Comment Control:  - Choose how AutoModerator comments appear in Reddit - collapse them to save space or hide them completely - Works seamlessly across both new Reddit and old.reddit.com interfaces Note: Some enchantments may require a page reload to take effect.  Thank you for being part of our magical community! If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!

Protego Maxima! We've strengthened our magical shield with powerful new enchantments and reinforced its protective charms. Features ========= - Keyword Management: Easily manage your filter keywords directly within the app with new organizational tools - Ad Block: Wave away promoted posts and ads with our enhanced blocking charm - Old Reddit Toggle: Prefer the classic Reddit look? Travel back in time with our new redirect to old.reddit.com - Enhanced Interface: Behold our redesigned extension popup with improved usability and elegance - Mac Support: Now improved for macOS through the power of Mac Catalyst Bug Fixes ========= - Enhanced the synchronization charm between your devices using iCloud - Improved the spell that banishes the 'Open in App' banner - Fixed the 'Remove All' button not responding to your command - Resolved an issue where the Remove button required a double tap - Keywords now appear in alphabetical order for better organization - Fixed duplicate keywords appearing when adding multiple at once - Added version information to help our wizards assist you better - Various magical optimizations under the hood Note: Some enchantments may require a restarting Safari to take effect. Like any good spell, proper timing is everything! Thank you for being part of our magical community. If Protego has helped shield your Reddit experience, consider sharing your thoughts with a review on the App Store. Every review helps strengthen our magical shields!