BlockTube
YouTube™ content blocker
BlockTube: Your Personal YouTube Content Controller
BlockTube is a Chrome extension designed to increase your control over your YouTube experience. It empowers you by allowing you to block specific content such as videos, channels, comments, and even certain features that you may find distracting or unwanted. BlockTube seamlessly integrates with the YouTube interface and offers numerous customization options, making your viewing experience precise, personal, and devoid of disruptions. It uses the options configured by you and locally stored in your browser. Importantly, BlockTube values your privacy and does not track or share any of your information.
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Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
- unlimitedStorage
Size: 198.66K
Email: bl*****@gmail.com
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Extension summary
BlockTube gives you the control to customize your YouTube viewing experience. It allows you to block specific channels and videos that you don't wish to see or get recommended with. The extension is lightweight and fast, integrated seamlessly and does not affect your browsing experience at all, to an extent that an unsuspecting user will never know it's there to begin with.
** The extension includes the following features
- Integrated context menus across YouTube for easy blocking
- Block videos by name
- Block channels by name
- Block comments from specific user or by content keywords
- Block/Allow videos with specific runtime
- Block YouTube Shorts
- Block YouTube Movies
- Block Explore page
- Block YouTube's auto generated playlists
- Hide watched videos from recommendations
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works effectively for blocking channels and videos
- User-friendly and improves YouTube experience by filtering content
- Quick fixes for issues after updates
- Allows users to maintain a cleaner YouTube feed
Cons
- Occasional bugs where filters get deleted
- Requires page reloads to work properly
- Inconsistent performance with regular YouTube updates
- Blocking via the context menu sometimes fails
Most mentioned
- Needs a feature for excluding channels from blocklisted keywords
- Functionality often breaks with YouTube updates
- Users face issues with filters getting mysteriously deleted
- Request for a timed block option
- Users seek more control and options for managing blocked channels
User reviews
parfait
by 
Freaven, 2025-01-20
Freaven, 2025-01-20how can i unblock a channel?
by 
Darwin, 2025-01-19
Darwin, 2025-01-19Works great until your filters all get mysteriously deleted.
by 
Steve T, 2025-01-17
Steve T, 2025-01-17Extension safety
Risk impact
BlockTube requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
BlockTube has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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