Search Fixer for YouTube

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.
Merlin
Stats
By: pheonix
Users: 4,000+
Rating: 4.74 (35)
Version: 7 (Last updated: 2024-01-24)
Creation date: 2023-06-26
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • http://www.youtube.com/
Size: 102.20K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
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
User reviews summary
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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 annoying and spammy content on YouTube
  • Improves user experience by making YouTube more user-friendly
  • Helps in finding relevant content on YouTube
Cons
  • Issues with Shorts and Live Streams not being consistently hidden
  • Some features may not work properly on certain browsers or after updates
Most mentioned
  • Blocks or hides YouTube Shorts and Live Streams
  • Improves YouTube search functionality
  • Makes YouTube more bearable to browse
Recent reviews
It does what it says
by Manish Manish, 2023-12-24

Does not seems to work properly for me. When I click on short, and click back, I will get to loop and shorts are still displayed both on home page and in search results, even trough I checked option to hide them. I reinstalled extension multiple times and issue still persists.
by Frederik Weber Frederik Weber, 2024-04-20

by Omaar Hosam Omaar Hosam, 2024-03-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Search Fixer for YouTube may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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