Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com

2026-01-0710:53259162addons.mozilla.org

Download ToXCancel for Firefox. Redirects to xcancel.com (a mirror of x) when the browser is about to load an x.com page


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  • By neoCrimeLabs 2026-01-0713:126 reply

    This is the extension I use:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/

    https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirector/

    Not only do I translate x.com -> xcancel.com, but

    - cnn.com -> text.cnn.com

    - youtube.com -> inv.nadeko.net

    - instagram.com -> imginn.com

    And more.

    Regular expressions allow translations of paths for the redirection, so it does not just happen at the top level.

    • By venusenvy47 2026-01-0715:11

      I can't tell you how happy you have made me with this post. This is such a great extension. Instagram, especially, is such a nightmare to navigate.

    • By Bender 2026-01-0715:50

      That looks rather useful. Do you by chance have an export of your current redirects and if so could you sftp them to

          sftp scratch@scratch.newsdump.org
          cd pub
          put _your_redirect_export.json # or whatever the extension is

    • By timbit42 2026-01-0721:44

      Why does Redirector fog out the background when you add a new redirect? I can't see their example of how to fill it out. Bad UX.

    • By Aissen 2026-01-0717:211 reply

      It's quite simple but unusable on Firefox Mobile :-/ (Cannot edit Sites).

      • By geo255 2026-01-0717:50

        You actually can edit your redirects in Firefox Mobile (at least it works in Nightly). There is a focus bug in the Edit Redirects popup.

        Tap the Edit Reditects button. Nothing seems to happen, but then tap the back-arrow at the top. Go to your Firefox tab switcher, and you should now see a "REDIRECTOR" tab. This is the editor.

    • By az09mugen 2026-01-0821:48

      Thanks for improving my web experience.

    • By clgeoio 2026-01-0719:47

      Care to share your redirects?

  • By WebReflection 2026-01-0712:091 reply

    I used to have an extension per each domain then I've decided to publish regurlator https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/regurlator/jfgfmidm... ... this case would be like `^https:\/\/(?:x|twitter)\.com\/(.+)?$` `https://xcancel.com/$1` so you have a single extension with as many rules as you like and you can download/share/restore rules with ease (it's just a JSON file).

    • By RockstarSprain 2026-01-0714:491 reply

      Was just looking for a more general extension like this, thanks!

      Just a small nitpick / feature request: I try not to install extensions that require "Read and change all your data on all websites" permission, so may I ask you to change it to something less general, such as requiring access to specific websites once the corresponding new URL is added to a white list?

      I saw some Chrome extensions doing this as of late.

      • By layla5alive 2026-01-0814:19

        +1, but it's not a small nitpick, principle of least privilege should be applied here.

  • By thisisit 2026-01-0713:071 reply

    • By NoGravitas 2026-01-0717:48

      People are recommending a lot of these more general redirectors, but libredirect is my favorite.

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