Search Fixer for YouTube

Remove all distracting YouTube search suggestions, redirect shorts and much more!

Search Fixer for YouTube: Clean YT Experience

"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.

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Extension stats

By: pheonix

Users: 6,000+

Rating: 4.72

(40)

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

Email: 3b*****@mozmail.com

Ranking

# 11,811 ▲ 208

Other rankings

#394 in Tools ▲ 17

#26 in search keyword 85 ▲ 1

#71 in trademark keyword 8 ▲ 2

#114 in youtube shorts keyword 84 ▲ 1

#116 in result keyword 38

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Search Fixer for YouTube (v7.0.1)

5.00

(6) 461

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Extension summary

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

FEATURES

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.
Remove Shorts from Search Results.
Remove Live Videos from Search Results.
Individual toggles for turning off different kinds of search results. Eg. Horizontal Cardlist, Shorts Panel, Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes and many more.
Option to permanently redirect "shorts" back to the normal video page.
Turn off playlists from appearing in search results.
Hide YouTube mixes and reels suggestions.
Filter out channel listings from results.
Spaced out collapsed sidebar on homepage with accent color to signify active tab.
Video Spotlight to highlight videos in the search page (optional).
Centered video title (optional).
Centered video description (optional).

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

Effectively blocks useless videos and improves search results
Hides YouTube Shorts as an additional feature
User-friendly interface and functionality
Works well with the latest YouTube changes
Helps users find specific content easier

Cons

Inconsistent performance with blocking YouTube Shorts
Some features, like 'remove mix', are reported as broken
Issues with maintaining settings on the home page and search results
Recent updates have caused functionality problems for some users

Most mentioned

Blocking of YouTube Shorts
Usability issues after updates
Improvement in search results
Need for consistent performance

User reviews

Sydney S., 2024-12-18

SuperBr, 2024-12-09

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