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: 4.69

(42)

0.04

Version: 7 (Last updated: 2024-01-24)

Creation date: 2023-06-26

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

http://www.youtube.com/

Size: 102.20K

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

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 12,569 ▲ 42

Other rankings

#403 in Tools ▲ 2 #88 in search keyword 51 ▼ 21 #153 in result keyword 15 ▼ 11 #181 in trademark keyword 17 ▼ 13 #197 in youtube shorts keyword 40 ▼ 11

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Search Fixer for YouTube (v7.0.1)

476 5.00

(6)

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Hides unwanted and irrelevant videos
Offers better search results and user experience
Blocks YouTube Shorts and Live Streams
User-friendly and essential for browsing YouTube
Works as advertised and fulfills its purpose

Cons

Shorts and Live Streams blocking feature does not work for all users
Remove mix feature is broken
Unsatisfactory handling of previously watched videos
Some users experience loops or bugs when using the extension
Requires manual enabling of certain features to function properly

Most mentioned

Hiding of unwanted content
Inconsistent blocking of Shorts
Need for removal of previously watched videos
Issues with certain features being broken
Overall improvement in search relevancy

User reviews

Very good plugin, but the Youtube Mix blocker/hider stopped working, both on Firefox and Chrome alike.

Jakub Zieliński, 2025-03-04

Hides lots of unwanted things, but even this baby can't do things like adding a "do not recommend channel" to search results, or actually making search results relevant to what I asked. I'm nor surprised because Youtube borked their search relevancy just as hard as google search results, which is now just as bad as trying to find something on Amazon. It's almost like being back in the early 2000s, but in a bad way.

Lieutenant BaconWaffles, 2025-01-31

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

Kai of the lord, 2024-09-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details

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