# Block All Images in Chrome — PRO Feature (2026)

> Strip every image from every page. Cuts page weight to near-zero. Text-only browsing for research, slow connections, or data saving.

- Canonical: https://www.superchargebrowser.com/features/image-blocking/
- Extension: performance
- Published: 2026-05-12
- Updated: 2026-05-12
- Source: SuperchargeBrowser (https://www.superchargebrowser.com)

Some browsing is purely about the text. Research sessions across dozens of documentation pages, reading news on a slow connection, skimming through Wikipedia references — images add nothing and slow everything down.

## What It Does

Block All Images tells Chrome's native DNR engine to drop every image request before it leaves the browser. No `img` elements load, no CSS backgrounds load. The page's text, layout, and functionality stay intact.

Pages come in at a fraction of their normal weight. On media-heavy sites — news homepages, e-commerce listings, content feeds — the difference in load time is immediate.

## When It's Worth Enabling

- Long research sessions where you're reading documentation or references
- Slow or metered connections where page weight matters
- Reading-heavy workflows: PDFs, Wikipedia, GitHub READMEs, HackerNews
- Debugging a site where you want to rule out image-related rendering issues

It's also useful as a temporary toggle — enable it during a focused reading session, turn it off when you're done.

## PRO Requirement

Block All Images requires a PRO license. It is available as part of the one-time PRO upgrade, which also unlocks custom tab suspension timers, full third-party script blocking, background activity throttling, and system font forcing.

## Limitations

Global scope only — there's no per-site control built into the toggle. Use the whitelist to exempt domains where images should load normally.

Inline SVGs embedded in HTML (not loaded as separate requests) are not blocked. External SVG files loaded as images are blocked like any other image format.

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Canonical URL: https://www.superchargebrowser.com/features/image-blocking/