Behind The Overlay icon

Behind The Overlay

by NicolaeNVM · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

One click to close any overlay on any website.

Users
100K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.5 / 5
+0.26 in 30 days
Ratings
366
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#1,765
#1,544 among extensions
Version
0.2.2
updated 6 Jan 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K65K100KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 100,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
100233366Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 366 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Behind The Overlay

Close any overlay on any website with a single click or keys. Use keyboard shortcut on Windows ctrl+shift+x or on MacOS cmd+shift+x (think about x as the close button you can use on any website). Once you get used to the keyboard shortcut, you'll be using it all the time and gonna love it ! ; ) Important features: * It works on any website. It doesn't rely on a static list of rules, as some other extensions. * It doesn't require any permissions. * No performance impact on your browsing. It will only activate when triggered. * (NEW) Also removes blurred backgrounds and unlocks the scroll bar. Important changes 0.2.2 - 05/01/2024 Update to make it work with the latest versions of Chrome that only supports manifest v3. 0.2.1 - 16/03/2022 Better handling for the scrollbar unblocker thanks to @ricobl on github (issue #23). 0.2.0 - 24/04/2021 Removes blurred backgrounds and improved scroll detection thanks to @sandsmark on github (issue #29). 0.1.3 - 18/06/2014: A keyboard shortcut is now available and activated by default: For windows, linux: CTRL+SHIFT+X For MacOS: CMD+SHIFT+X To remember X key, think of X as a close button. The scrolling enabler now got better, thanks to jordansexton on github. Improving the algorithm for finding overlays. --- Reach out on Github to make suggestions: https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay Now an Firefox extension is also available ! I'm using this extension myself and happy to share it with everyone ! <3

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0+0.26
30 days0+0.0%+1+0.26
6 months0+0.0%+6+0.27
1 year0+0.0%+13+0.27

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Behind The Overlay appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
overlay#10

Version history

5 versions recorded
0.2.26 Jan 2024
0.2.116 Mar 2022
0.2.024 Apr 2021
0.1.624 Dec 2020
0.1.34 Aug 2017

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
4 Aug 2017
Size
57 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 0
Permissions
activeTabscripting

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