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.

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By: pheonix

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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: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

http://www.youtube.com/

Size: 102.20K

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

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 14835 ▲ 71

Other rankings

#266 in Tools ▼ 1

#72 in search keyword 38 ▼ 3

#76 in trademark keyword 13

#111 in result keyword 15 ▲ 2

#131 in youtube shorts keyword 35 ▼ 5

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Summary

Analyze keywords

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

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 useless elements on YouTube search page
Improves user experience by making YouTube more user-friendly
Helps in finding what the user is actually looking for

Cons

Some users reported that the shorts removal feature doesn't work
Some new elements on the YouTube search page may not be filtered by the extension

Most mentioned

Blocks YouTube Shorts
Improves YouTube search functionality
Works as advertised

Recent reviews

It does what it says

Soham, 2023-12-24

It does what it says

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.

Frederik Weber, 2024-04-20

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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.