Distraction Control: Apple’s Solution to Removing Site Distractions

Distraction Control is Apple’s one-stop solution to removing annoying website distractions such as cookie pop-up reminders.

It has been reported that this new feature will see its release in the new iOS 18, macOS Sequoia and iPadOS 18 developer updates.

To access the Distraction Control feature, users can go to the Page Menu available in the Smart Search. The desired items can be selected for removal from the website. Safari currently does not sync this feature throughout its various devices. Therefore, users may have to manually select the items for removal in each device. However, Safari does remember to remove the items for any future visits to the websites.

Distraction Control: More on this feature

This new feature allows users to hide annoying and distracting elements from a website. It should be noted that Distraction Control does not remove ads altogether so users may not be allowed to remove all the ads they come across permanently.

This update follows in the footsteps of Arc as this browser also introduced a tool similar to Distraction Control. This tool called ‘Boosts’ allows users to personalise websites and remove any unwanted sections from the websites.

Such features make the browsing experience less of a hassle for users. It limits the amount of ‘distractions’ that websites badger users with, making the users’ browsing experience smoother and more enjoyable.

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