YouTube Recommendation Blocker

[OPEN SOURCE] Blocks YouTube recommendations on the front page and on the side of the video player, as well as the comments section

What is YouTube Recommendation Blocker?

The 'YouTube Recommendation Blocker' is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to block YouTube's video recommendations and comments. Instead of completely removing the content, it hides it, ensuring the website's functionality remains unaffected. With a singular focus on YouTube, it requests permissions only for this site and functions without background scripts. Its open-source nature invites the community to contribute, enhance and troubleshoot issues collectively.

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By: ru*****@gmail.com

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.64 (11)

Version: 2.1 (Last updated: 2021-10-18)

Creation date: 2021-10-18

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 3.65K

Email: ru*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 26163 ▼ 206

Other rankings

#1218 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 3 #3 in recommend keyword 27 ▼ 1

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Extension summary

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This extension is a super light weight YouTube recommendations and comments blocker.

Stability not guaranteed!

Video recommendations on the front page and on the side of the player will be hidden, as well as the comments section.

It hides the content rather than outright removing it, ensuring that nothing breaks in the site's internal workings.

The extension will only request permissions for YouTube, and has no background scripts.

Yo @graphic designers please fix my graphics make a pull request on the git repo

The Github repo is here: https://github.com/Fishy-Fishes/yt-blocker

User reviews

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Pros

Effectively reduces distractions from recommended videos
Simple and powerful tool for focused usage
Helps students and professionals in educational contexts

Cons

Removes comments along with recommendations
Makes YouTube less usable for some users

Most mentioned

Works as advertised
Helps in avoiding distractions
Desirable feature to keep comments while blocking recommendations

Recent reviews

Does what it says it does. It's beautiful, absolutely everything is hidden except what I'm watching or searching for. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who gets distracted by YouTube, even a little. 💯

GaeymBoi, 2024-11-09

Exactly what I expected. Also toggle buttons for options. Best !!👍👍

Elam parithi, 2024-09-30

A better alternative is to block only the side recommendations without affecting the comments. Block YouTube Feed - Homepage, Sidebar Videos: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/block-youtube-feed-homepa/lcpclaffcdiihapebmfgcmmplphbkjmd