Search Fixer for YouTube

Remove all distracting YouTube search suggestions, redirect shorts and much more!
What is Search Fixer for YouTube?
"Search Fixer for YouTube" is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your YouTube experience by eliminating distracting elements like unnecessary suggestions, YouTube Shorts, and live videos from your search results. With adjustable toggles for granular control, the extension allows you to personalize your browsing by filtering out playlists, mixes, reels, and channel listings. An added visual refresh includes a spaced sidebar and optional video highlights, with a commitment to privacy through open-source code and a tracker-free environment.

Extension stats

By: pheonix
Rating: 4.71 (38)
Version: 7 (Last updated: 2024-01-24)
Creation date: 2023-06-26
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • http://www.youtube.com/
Size: 102.20K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
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Extension summary

This extension is designed to fix YouTube search and de-clutter your search page to make it less distracting.

FEATURES

  1. Remove suggestions like "For you", "People also search for", "Searches related to", "Learn while you're at home", "Related to your search", "People also watched", "Other people are watching", "Recommended to you", "Latest YouTube posts" and more from your feed.
  2. Remove Shorts from Search Results.
  3. Remove Live Videos from Search Results.
  4. Individual toggles for turning off different kinds of search results. Eg. Horizontal Cardlist, Shorts Panel, Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes and many more.
  5. Option to permanently redirect "shorts" back to the normal video page.
  6. Turn off playlists from appearing in search results.
  7. Hide YouTube mixes and reels suggestions.
  8. Filter out channel listings from results.
  9. Spaced out collapsed sidebar on homepage with accent color to signify active tab.
  10. Video Spotlight to highlight videos in the search page (optional).
  11. Centered video title (optional).
  12. Centered video description (optional).
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Blocks useless videos
  • Hides YouTube Shorts
  • Improves YouTube search functionality
  • User-friendly interface
  • Works as advertised
Cons
  • Shorts removal feature often doesn't work
  • Issues with removing previous watched videos
  • Inconsistent functionality after updates
  • Some features are broken or need improvement
Most mentioned
  • Problems with hiding Shorts
  • Effective at cleaning up search results
  • Users express desire for additional features (like blocking streams)
  • Improvements in browsing experience
Recent reviews
it has seem to work like it expected but it should also remove previse watched overall it seems to block all of the useless videos which will help me to find more microbiology videos overall i gived it 3 out of 5 stars ill give it 5 stars when the devs update to remove previse watched out of 10 i will gived it 7.5 out of 10
by Kai of the lord, 2024-09-23

by Harsh Vikram Singh, 2024-09-15

by Alper Cizmeci, 2024-07-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Search Fixer for YouTube requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Search Fixer for YouTube has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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