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Social Switch v0.4

Browser extension that redirects Instagram URLs to anonymous viewers

Edited May 12, 2024

Social Switch v1.0: Finally, Firefox


Formerly called Picuki Switch, Social Switch automatically redirects to Picuki.com or Imginn.com when you access any Instagram profile, posts, tagged posts, stories profile, or tags.

Install it from the Chrome Web Store.

Select a viewer option and enable or disable redirection through the popup. Note that some URLs may be redirected using a specific viewer, regardless of the selected option.

For the upcoming releases, it is planned to include UrleBird, a TikTok web viewer.

Supported URLs

instagram.com/<handle>

instagram.com/<handle>/tagged

instagram.com/stories/<handle> (only Imginn)

instagram.com/p/<short_code> (only Imginn)

instagram.com/<handle>/p/<short_code> (only Imginn)

instagram.com/reel/<short_code> (only Imginn)

instagram.com/<handle>/reel/<short_code> (only Imginn)

instagram.com/explore/tags/<tag_name> (only Picuki)

Unsupported URLs

instagram.com/s/<long_code>?story_media_id=<story_media_id> (story URL)

instagram.com/tv/<short_code>/?igshid=<igsh_id> (IGTV URL)


In this file, you will find all the URLs for testing.

v0.4

What's Changed

  • Add post redirection (/p and /reel) and stories profile redirection
  • Add Imginn viewer option
  • Enable/disable redirection option
  • Add popup functionality
  • Include information about URLs in the popup
  • Add editorconfig support
  • Validate post (/p/), reel (/reel/), stories (/s/ and /stories), IGTV (/tv/), and explore (/explore/) URLs
  • Change extension name

Pull Request

Social Switch #3


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