Block YouTube Shorts

Experience Shorts Videos as Regular YouTube Videos.
What is Block YouTube Shorts?
Block YouTube Shorts is a unique Chrome extension designed to enhance your video watching experience on YouTube. It optimizes the user interface for shorts videos, offers the ability to hide shorts video mode, supports multiple languages, and includes various other features to improve your YouTube experience.

Extension stats

Users: 4,000+
Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-26)
Creation date: 2024-05-15
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 33.67K

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Extension summary

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Block YouTube Shorts is a unique Chrome extension designed to enhance your video watching experience on YouTube. Are you frequently distracted by irrelevant shorts on YouTube? Our solution allows you to view shorts videos on a regular page, just like a standard YouTube video. Key Features: UI Optimization: The user interface of YouTube shorts is not well-optimized for PCs and offers poor functionality. Our extension significantly improves the user experience by displaying short videos in the regular video player. Hide Shorts Video Mode: This feature is enabled by default. If you prefer not to use it, you can disable it in the options page! Easy URL Change: Simply change the URL from youtube.com/shorts/"video-id" to youtube.com/watch?v="video-id" to switch shorts into regular video format. Multilingual Support: Includes German, French, and Italian translations, making it easy for you to use the extension no matter your preferred language. Latest Updates (Version 1.4.1): Added: German translation. Changed: Support for new subscription page (Hide shorts video). Other Features: Mobile support (m.youtube.com). Block shorts reels (if the Hide Shorts Video feature is enabled). Added "Open in Regular Player" button in the Shorts player. Improved performance and fixed issues related to the hide shorts video feature. Download now and start enjoying YouTube videos in a whole new way!

User reviews

by Ralf Geiser, 2024-06-25

Very good software, removes all ads. Very pleased
by Ralf Ready, 2024-06-23

Very good software, removes all ads. Very pleased
by Sumiko Searls, 2024-06-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Block YouTube Shorts is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Block YouTube Shorts is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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